---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters; bring forward all code sections and authorize to suspend license of licensee for failure to satisfy judgement."
description: "Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters; bring forward all code sections and authorize to suspend license of licensee for failure to satisfy judgement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 787"
citation: "Mississippi HB 787 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hood"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53a58002-a15e-46f4-8dc0-f0c950fc3bc7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Hood.xml"
source_hash: "d93f1b63bd506e8f86fcb5b9a2a216d89bfddc0b4b387deaa597cf1db6e8b961"
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 787 (2023) — Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters; bring forward all code sections and authorize to suspend license of licensee for failure to satisfy judgement.

## 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/HB0787IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0787.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0787PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0787_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0787SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **109–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **111–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Powell, Morgan, Wallace)
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider W/Drawn
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+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/53a58002-a15e-46f4-8dc0-f0c950fc3bc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).