---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sidearm of retired or deceased law enforcement officer; provide that the employing agency shall determine the amount."
description: "Sidearm of retired or deceased law enforcement officer; provide that the employing agency shall determine the amount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 634"
citation: "Mississippi HB 634 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Currie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77bda9f0-ebc4-4dff-a29b-ec8d1c6c7d9b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Currie.xml"
source_hash: "860abf87e9f8b022e925ac82aead63dacd28e3126d19c23ef7f30a0a6e974cd3"
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 634 (2024) — Sidearm of retired or deceased law enforcement officer; provide that the employing agency shall determine the amount.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0634IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 634** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0634.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0634PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0634_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0634CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0634SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **119–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Currie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+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/77bda9f0-ebc4-4dff-a29b-ec8d1c6c7d9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).