---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts; authorize persons eighteen years of age or older to enter into for the purpose of investing in mutual funds."
description: "Contracts; authorize persons eighteen years of age or older to enter into for the purpose of investing in mutual funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Mississippi HB 429 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Financial Institutions", "Judiciary A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0b4be60-6909-40f6-978a-79890301c3cc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "7e0c4fd565e748a222e58cd7e3ae3caae21353e294cd4ff20cba89b9654cd9b6"
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 429 (2021) — Contracts; authorize persons eighteen years of age or older to enter into for the purpose of investing in mutual funds.

## 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/0400-0499/HB0429IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0429PS.htm)
3. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0429_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0429SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `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 Enrolling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/a0b4be60-6909-40f6-978a-79890301c3cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).