---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resident lifetime hunting and fishing license; authorize Department of Wildlife to issue if parent was born in the state and was on active military service at the time of applicant's birth."
description: "Resident lifetime hunting and fishing license; authorize Department of Wildlife to issue if parent was born in the state and was on active military service at the time of applicant's birth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Mississippi HB 49 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zuber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b13f4a96-2d4d-4c28-8bd9-64b9dc3fc5fd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Zuber.xml"
source_hash: "877ac8501f5c5db9fd1831e9265c49b435d206fa8aedf8df1767336929323f6e"
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 49 (2023) — Resident lifetime hunting and fishing license; authorize Department of Wildlife to issue if parent was born in the state and was on active military service at the time of applicant's birth.

## 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/0001-0099/HB0049IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0049PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0049SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zuber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+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/b13f4a96-2d4d-4c28-8bd9-64b9dc3fc5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).