---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program; add fentanyl and drug abuse prevention education."
description: "Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program; add fentanyl and drug abuse prevention education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Mississippi HB 231 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Drug Policy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creekmore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a4b02d-bae8-4a95-8af8-ed62d5686592"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml"
source_hash: "4cd5a9cb01ec22b56124b6f2ba49ba0f64fb72196496103c733c4f508a243d78"
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 231 (2023) — Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program; add fentanyl and drug abuse prevention education.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0231IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0231PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0231SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **111–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creekmore — primary (person)
- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: DP To AC
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+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/66a4b02d-bae8-4a95-8af8-ed62d5686592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).