---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; include in prohibition on using a purse seine for the taking of fish within one mile of the shoreline."
description: "Jackson County; include in prohibition on using a purse seine for the taking of fish within one mile of the shoreline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 683"
citation: "Mississippi HB 683 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fondren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e57faa1f-ebd0-4177-b3a8-65f310e06d77"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Fondren.xml"
source_hash: "13699eb8b8c33429af1fe529a1fd6439753c00574b79fdb67534d5bdb7b18a67"
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 683 (2026) — Jackson County; include in prohibition on using a purse seine for the taking of fish within one mile of the shoreline.

## 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/HB0683IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0683PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0683SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fondren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+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/e57faa1f-ebd0-4177-b3a8-65f310e06d77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).