---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception."
description: "Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "Mississippi HB 995 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McLean"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16739c60-d7d1-483d-bf8d-ad85ff477654"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "e753c1af3a2605f56514a193f71d189676de40b954f5d49c3e6e5f46e06f67b1"
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 995 (2023) — Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0995IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0995_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0995.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0995PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0995CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0995SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McLean — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **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 `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 Cockerham,Scoggin,Clark
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Sparks,Wiggins
- **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/16739c60-d7d1-483d-bf8d-ad85ff477654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).