---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act; create to regulate transgender procedures and surgeries."
description: "Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act; create to regulate transgender procedures and surgeries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1125"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1125 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary", "Division B", "Public Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f3f07d-438c-46ab-ba5a-e8cc7fc24fb7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "6ea8a05564fa57fa8160276b40600c6d80f1794c0e48978adf2729ea6dbeabe5"
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 1125 (2023) — Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act; create to regulate transgender procedures and surgeries.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1125IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1125PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1125SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **78–29** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bain — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinkade — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Tullos — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order - Well Taken
- **2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+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/58f3f07d-438c-46ab-ba5a-e8cc7fc24fb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).