---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Veterans Affairs Board; provide that certain employees of are nonstate service employees under state personnel system."
description: "State Veterans Affairs Board; provide that certain employees of are nonstate service employees under state personnel system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Mississippi HB 69 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10f18a73-0f57-44dc-8e40-04168248fffc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "f8bf756e7a7fb357a704860229c4a31293c96b5fed2759dd4d8a4a3cd5bb9705"
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 69 (2021) — State Veterans Affairs Board; provide that certain employees of are nonstate service employees under state personnel system.

## 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/0001-0099/HB0069IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0069_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0069.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0069PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0069_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0069SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+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/10f18a73-0f57-44dc-8e40-04168248fffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).