---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shrimp trawling; provide that certain waters shall be permanently closed to."
description: "Shrimp trawling; provide that certain waters shall be permanently closed to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1279 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/488a070c-226f-4966-83a5-65c7d7be6ae9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Anderson_(122nd).xml"
source_hash: "6166d0d5b1f962d8dd95aa2604eb07e41274e95c7f5b5b511da7f09ed0e88598"
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 1279 (2024) — Shrimp trawling; provide that certain waters shall be permanently closed 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/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1279IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1279.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1279PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1279_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1279CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1279SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+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/488a070c-226f-4966-83a5-65c7d7be6ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).