---
type: "Bill"
title: "MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on."
description: "MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 765"
citation: "Mississippi HB 765 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shanks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e3e889-8d13-4d25-9945-12c0034be605"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/McLean.xml"
source_hash: "350e01282e8f5aec406f0d5294def089a6584e6bc3b7b6ae1f95709f9ac067ca"
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 765 (2024) — MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.

## 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/0700-0799/HB0765IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/HB0765_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0765_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 2 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0765_S_Amend_02_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0765.pdf)
6. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0765PS.htm)
7. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0765_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0765SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shanks — primary (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Roberson,McCarty,Owen
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,Blount,Parker
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-10T05:00:00+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/e0e3e889-8d13-4d25-9945-12c0034be605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).