---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPS; revise law regarding."
description: "DPS; revise law regarding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 974"
citation: "Mississippi HB 974 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Judiciary B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e181162-4a77-409b-b66c-93d650cd074f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "e46ac712d5e5cff8a53d7d57bfa50324a8be60238f256ac746704c17a2f0fbc9"
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 974 (2021) — DPS; revise law regarding.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0974IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0974_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0974_H_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 3 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0974_H_Amend_03.htm)
5. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0974.pdf)
6. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0974PS.htm)
7. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0974_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0974SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **114–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **41–10** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+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/3e181162-4a77-409b-b66c-93d650cd074f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).