---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies; authorize to enter into intergovernmental support agreeements with military branches."
description: "State agencies; authorize to enter into intergovernmental support agreeements with military branches."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 612"
citation: "Mississippi HB 612 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Public Health and Welfare", "State Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62cae99b-4adf-4b0c-b79e-8b5522c182da"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "2a08be20b7269acdeab7c16b5b74c0104528dc52a835aa03011d6e1e68c4632d"
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 612 (2026) — State agencies; authorize to enter into intergovernmental support agreeements with military branches.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0612IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB0612_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0612PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0612SG.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Kinkade — cosponsor (person)
- Mattox — cosponsor (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs;State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: MA To SA
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: SA To MA
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PH To VM
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+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/62cae99b-4adf-4b0c-b79e-8b5522c182da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).