---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevention of overdoses; authorize administration of opioid antagonists by certain persons, provide immunity to."
description: "Prevention of overdoses; authorize administration of opioid antagonists by certain persons, provide immunity to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2336"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2336 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Policy", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86f16cf0-417e-4f65-b891-d6a7af91c469"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/McLendon.xml"
source_hash: "236db98af5887fdff5af600b7dc81a66493c56bb810446892524ff5fac29e999"
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 SB 2336 (2023) — Prevention of overdoses; authorize administration of opioid antagonists by certain persons, provide immunity to.

## 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/SB/2300-2399/SB2336IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2336** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2336.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2336PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2336_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2336SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: DP To JA
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy `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
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+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/86f16cf0-417e-4f65-b891-d6a7af91c469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).