---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Parker's Law\"; create crime of \"fentanyl delivery resulting in death\"."
description: "\"Parker's Law\"; create crime of \"fentanyl delivery resulting in death\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 607"
citation: "Mississippi HB 607 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94c166b0-fb8b-4227-b927-4649a79477c6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(73rd).xml"
source_hash: "55980849cd761377038b7ecd9b8886de574f4957d583e06c500e016494d79da9"
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 607 (2022) — "Parker's Law"; create crime of "fentanyl delivery resulting in death".

## 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/0600-0699/HB0607IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/HB0607_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/HB0607_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0607.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0607PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB0607_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0607CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0607SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **114–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **40–12** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **44–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **102–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Sanford,Ford (73rd)
- **2022-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,England,Sparks
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-13T05:00:00+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/94c166b0-fb8b-4227-b927-4649a79477c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).