---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public K-12 and Postsecondary schools; prohibit DEI statements and practices."
description: "Public K-12 and Postsecondary schools; prohibit DEI statements and practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1193"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1193 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hood"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13899cae-0d4e-440c-9224-1d34b0670038"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "fab5d067846aa374e2bab94f9a39eaf3bba80a5f2421017dbd1492eb7515b6e1"
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 1193 (2025) — Public K-12 and Postsecondary schools; prohibit DEI statements and practices.

## 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/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1193IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/HB1193_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1193.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1193PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1193_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1193CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1193SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **73–40** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **75–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hood — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Burch — cosponsor (person)
- Calvert — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Keen — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Tubb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Rosebud, Hood, Yates)
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hood,Yates,Fondren
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd,DeLano,McCaughn
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Yates, Hood)
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+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/13899cae-0d4e-440c-9224-1d34b0670038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).