---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on School Accreditation; clarify membership composition."
description: "Commission on School Accreditation; clarify membership composition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "Mississippi HB 504 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59bed7a8-e7c8-49e6-9daf-58d573c1858f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "bcc58d4ecf8121917a4e849c25a56dfc0dcf0bcf9c90656dd2dea09d6dbb85f9"
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 504 (2021) — Commission on School Accreditation; clarify membership composition.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0504IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0504.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0504PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0504_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0504SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+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 Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+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/59bed7a8-e7c8-49e6-9daf-58d573c1858f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).