---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anatomical gifts; prohibit discrimination against recipient based on disability."
description: "Anatomical gifts; prohibit discrimination against recipient based on disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Mississippi HB 20 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yancey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27f2910-39e9-4113-a371-2b2e912f890e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "3d65e4bbb85d4c00ac544b2d2b06dcd20d43ef434cf4933c0398bfa3ad266ac8"
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 20 (2022) — Anatomical gifts; prohibit discrimination against recipient based on disability.

## 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/0001-0099/HB0020IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0020PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0020SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yancey — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Rushing — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Shanks — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+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/e27f2910-39e9-4113-a371-2b2e912f890e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).