---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPS; authorize inspectors to assist other officers."
description: "DPS; authorize inspectors to assist other officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1015 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74688c86-8399-42fe-b65f-112078aefc35"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "ebe4a2d98698d824c4febaa9ffb76505bf3d4b01e01986b868fb3689099870e0"
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 1015 (2024) — DPS; authorize inspectors to assist other officers.

## 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/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1015IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1015PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1015CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1015SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **87–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Keen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-20T05:00:00+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/74688c86-8399-42fe-b65f-112078aefc35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).