---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bribery of a candidate and crime of conspiracy; revise statute of limitations for."
description: "Bribery of a candidate and crime of conspiracy; revise statute of limitations for."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "Mississippi HB 405 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6ce66d-8f9a-4fab-8c06-f214abc72b26"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "7fd38d98c5235a42e92598da1e3f5a8adbd173f6f2b52acf53a11c0b6e058b60"
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 405 (2023) — Bribery of a candidate and crime of conspiracy; revise statute of limitations for.

## 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/0400-0499/HB0405IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0405_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0405_S_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0405.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0405PS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0405SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **80–33** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **105–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Crawford, Bain, Sanford)
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider W/Drawn
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+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
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Sanford,Newman
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,England,Thompson
- **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
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/2c6ce66d-8f9a-4fab-8c06-f214abc72b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).