---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse; expand immunity for good faith reports."
description: "Child abuse; expand immunity for good faith reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Mississippi HB 356 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mims"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47cda782-3d36-4d41-971b-4332bdf23e77"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Mims.xml"
source_hash: "0168d56622bd72499c35c589d049cf0e2a2388ca3d0e95aebbeacb4a82787caf"
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 356 (2021) — Child abuse; expand immunity for good faith reports.

## 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/0300-0399/HB0356IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0356.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0356PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0356_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0356SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–2** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mims — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+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,Miles,McLean
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Parker,Branning
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-16T05:00:00+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/47cda782-3d36-4d41-971b-4332bdf23e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).