---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act\"; create."
description: "\"Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act\"; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Mississippi HB 196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Judiciary B", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33c66bc5-884e-4420-a13f-c01e841fb27c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "fb0f272900af76c9a1549e667c7677f687efbca906ea3367953ac62c8d09cdb1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 196 (2021) — "Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act"; create.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0196IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0196.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0196PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0196_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0196SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Williams-Barnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections;Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: CR To PH
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Jackson,Williams-Barnes
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Parker,Chassaniol
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33c66bc5-884e-4420-a13f-c01e841fb27c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).