---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harvey Moss Wildlife Management Area at Tuscumbia; designate Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area as."
description: "Harvey Moss Wildlife Management Area at Tuscumbia; designate Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area as."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 769"
citation: "Mississippi HB 769 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property", "Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4860d79-378b-4f9d-b273-82db1cec2173"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "c7fd99387e64540af5ef6564f998a3cd80d842984d62c9ab33b05c2911e24e78"
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 769 (2023) — Harvey Moss Wildlife Management Area at Tuscumbia; designate Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area as.

## 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/0700-0799/HB0769IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0769.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0769PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0769_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0769SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+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 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`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Weathersby,Holloway,Lancaster
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Whaley,Suber,Sparks
- **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
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+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/e4860d79-378b-4f9d-b273-82db1cec2173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).