---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Veterans Affairs Board; revise powers and duties relating to the operation of the State Veterans Homes."
description: "State Veterans Affairs Board; revise powers and duties relating to the operation of the State Veterans Homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 761"
citation: "Mississippi HB 761 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ce7a9a-8a12-45a1-a65c-e09b1a77049d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Carpenter.xml"
source_hash: "d16981a019e5303f584177cdfc572707e1150406209ecd89949da0dcf22d1c1d"
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 761 (2021) — State Veterans Affairs Board; revise powers and duties relating to the operation of the State Veterans Homes.

## 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/0700-0799/HB0761IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0761_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0761.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0761PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0761CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0761SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: MA To AP
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: AP To MA
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: VM To AP
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `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
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carpenter,Newman,Stamps
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Carpenter,Newman,Oliver
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Seymour,DeBar,Polk
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+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/01ce7a9a-8a12-45a1-a65c-e09b1a77049d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).