---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify \"active duty\" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers."
description: "Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify \"active duty\" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Mississippi HB 809 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felsher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3bfad7-9c19-42e1-a08d-c96987025edd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "76316be402f346f9fc4688bcced07a4ecb148b0694295da7651c3b7cd56c63b6"
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 809 (2025) — Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify "active duty" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers.

## 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/0800-0899/HB0809IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0809.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0809PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB0809_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0809CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0809SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Felsher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Roberson,Felsher,Owen
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,DeLano,Robinson
- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Roberson, McCarty)
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+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/cb3bfad7-9c19-42e1-a08d-c96987025edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).