---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Work and Save Program; create; revise certain PERS provisions."
description: "Mississippi Work and Save Program; create; revise certain PERS provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4073"
citation: "Mississippi HB 4073 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steverson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6dae9b8-d950-4889-bc0d-9a47ad044323"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Steverson.xml"
source_hash: "7f20ec5b003a7ed5cfdab6c34cbad929611ae0a5aaadf751a5731b742dccd4c4"
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 4073 (2026) — Mississippi Work and Save Program; create; revise certain PERS provisions.

## 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/2026/html/HB/4000-4099/HB4073IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB4073_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB4073_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 4073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB4073.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/4000-4099/HB4073PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB4073_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/4000-4099/HB4073SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **118–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Zuber
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Sparks,Michel
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/a6dae9b8-d950-4889-bc0d-9a47ad044323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).