---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of."
description: "Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1310"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1310 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e268fd5-4b1b-43e0-864f-1c24264516a9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Aguirre.xml"
source_hash: "a9becd26365c2b8a4a38800d326a7ae1adcd431d9698ac0c398a77ca9762e119"
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 1310 (2023) — Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of.

## 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/1300-1399/HB1310IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1310_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1310_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1310_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf)
5. **Amendment No 3 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1310_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_03.htm)
6. **Amendment No 3 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1310_S_Amend_03_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Amendment No 4 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1310_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_04.pdf)
8. **Amendment No 5 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1310_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_05.htm)
9. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1310.pdf)
10. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1310PS.htm)
11. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1310_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
12. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1310CS.htm)
13. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1310SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **72–42** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **36–16** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **83–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)
- Aguirre — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd (19th) — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Calvert — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Kinkade — cosponsor (person)
- Newman — cosponsor (person)
- Shanks — cosponsor (person)
- Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Johnson, Wallace, Eubanks)
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: EL To AC
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wallace,Eubanks,Powell
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Tate,Parker,Fillingane
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Stamps, Wallace, Eubanks)
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+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/8e268fd5-4b1b-43e0-864f-1c24264516a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).