---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers & fire fighters death benefits black tag; authorize black version of regular tag."
description: "Law enforcement officers & fire fighters death benefits black tag; authorize black version of regular tag."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2841"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2841 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeLano"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/215bcd72-f26e-4f93-822a-e4a85f6d79ce"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Barrett.xml"
source_hash: "a2de9b1ce857b1ae6647d41245e0554cd85b80cf8dde9d52956b638ac4c72ac7"
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 2841 (2023) — Law enforcement officers & fire fighters death benefits black tag; authorize black version of regular tag.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2841IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2841** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2841.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2841PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2841_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2841CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2841SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeLano — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,DeLano,Thompson
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Zuber
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+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/215bcd72-f26e-4f93-822a-e4a85f6d79ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).