---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Revenue; allow retiring law enforcement officer of to retain issued sidearm."
description: "Department of Revenue; allow retiring law enforcement officer of to retain issued sidearm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 508"
citation: "Mississippi HB 508 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/738e0b4c-44d4-46b0-bc59-47102f0a3154"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Foster.xml"
source_hash: "218ebdd25bbfc9c57183080e61c5e6c23d3a484ec9ee41a6da9cb90b16e6b4f2"
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 508 (2021) — Department of Revenue; allow retiring law enforcement officer of to retain issued sidearm.

## 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/HB0508IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0508PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0508SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+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/738e0b4c-44d4-46b0-bc59-47102f0a3154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).