---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers; exempt from concealed firearms permit fees and renewal fees."
description: "Law enforcement officers; exempt from concealed firearms permit fees and renewal fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 886"
citation: "Mississippi HB 886 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary", "Division B", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae03e1e-bc20-411d-8bfc-137838510022"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Anderson_(122nd).xml"
source_hash: "9400c3a75140b806f5d47e04b388f00b78680f541e8671b70d217306e8ecaebc"
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 886 (2021) — Law enforcement officers; exempt from concealed firearms permit fees and renewal fees.

## 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/0800-0899/HB0886IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0886_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0886PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0886SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owen — primary (person)
- Anderson (122nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Haney — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — 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`
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/7ae03e1e-bc20-411d-8bfc-137838510022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).