---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shoplifting; revise penalties for crime of."
description: "Shoplifting; revise penalties for crime of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 438"
citation: "Mississippi HB 438 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ba28be9-8082-43aa-a43b-2c18b1e6f28a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(73rd).xml"
source_hash: "1ef97ba9f413aaaae602274f4ec96a56c61e6aebb8932d95cbc36d6cf4c69a97"
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 438 (2024) — Shoplifting; revise penalties for crime of.

## 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/0400-0499/HB0438IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0438.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0438PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0438_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0438SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **89–28** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **88–15** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+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** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Newman,Porter
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Sparks,McLendon
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+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/6ba28be9-8082-43aa-a43b-2c18b1e6f28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).