---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS Fraud Investigation Unit; require to report certain suspected civil or criminal violations to the State Auditor."
description: "DHS Fraud Investigation Unit; require to report certain suspected civil or criminal violations to the State Auditor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2338"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2338 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2685bbc5-3ab5-471b-b12b-a7e40ff498ee"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/Senate_authors/Wiggins.xml"
source_hash: "df792ee9726ed5f4237d1e152864dce253a76e609e1fa244e128ebbca2cc8c49"
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 SB 2338 (2022) — DHS Fraud Investigation Unit; require to report certain suspected civil or criminal violations to the State Auditor.

## 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/SB/2300-2399/SB2338IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2338_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2338.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2338PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2338CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2338SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **120–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: JA To AC
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Johnson, Cockerham, Reynolds)
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,England,Barrett
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Beckett,Bell (21st)
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/2685bbc5-3ab5-471b-b12b-a7e40ff498ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).