---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shoplifting; require to calculate the total price of all shoplifting items for fine."
description: "Shoplifting; require to calculate the total price of all shoplifting items for fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 795"
citation: "Mississippi HB 795 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobgood-Wilkes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
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/d443063a-6ee8-44ff-8ca1-ad70e2dec83a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Hobgood-Wilkes.xml"
source_hash: "820d2b2d69f28122b7541c71b26f94ebdaf953ca4b31e2c8f644569242b47aa6"
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 795 (2023) — Shoplifting; require to calculate the total price of all shoplifting items for fine.

## 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/HB0795IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0795.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0795PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0795_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0795SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **73–36** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **36–16** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **80–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hobgood-Wilkes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-10T06:00:00+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 As Amended `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,Owen,McCarty
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Suber,Hill
- **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
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+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/d443063a-6ee8-44ff-8ca1-ad70e2dec83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).