---
type: "Bill"
title: "MDHS fraud investigators; provide they shall be law enforcement officers."
description: "MDHS fraud investigators; provide they shall be law enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Mississippi HB 87 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a2f5f9-5a97-4f91-9cf8-e03cd9292341"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "1dda018c367e4ea3a6e224a539e1f1c9e817ceef0b12d361ca7341f85af71089"
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 87 (2021) — MDHS fraud investigators; provide they shall be law enforcement officers.

## 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/HB0087IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0087.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0087PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0087_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0087SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **112–8** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **105–12** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Sanford,Miles
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Barrett,Kirby
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-06T05:00:00+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/16a2f5f9-5a97-4f91-9cf8-e03cd9292341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).