---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pregnancy Resource Act; create."
description: "Pregnancy Resource Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1685"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1685 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474e84f4-7577-4177-b779-d3ce44089aa8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Gunn.xml"
source_hash: "0655f0d9fa6ba5bd0bf19f83cadecd7eb587e290037874585c6b79fa66245582"
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 1685 (2022) — Pregnancy Resource Act; create.

## 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/2022/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1685IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1685.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1685PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB1685_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1685SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **37–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Lamar — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Massengill,Yancey
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Fillingane,Boyd
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 89
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-21T05:00:00+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/474e84f4-7577-4177-b779-d3ce44089aa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).