---
type: "Bill"
title: "MS Business Corporation Act; revise bank merger process to be consistent with and revise provisions regarding banks in Mississippi that offer open-end credit."
description: "MS Business Corporation Act; revise bank merger process to be consistent with and revise provisions regarding banks in Mississippi that offer open-end credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1338 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Financial Services", "Business and Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zuber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4059f13-046f-4468-a5a3-2608bbc646dd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1338.xml"
source_hash: "59c3ddcf98327e5818ffd9cc3bde58a519bc7bcdc513ee39922fe20cd7aa37ee"
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 1338 (2018) — MS Business Corporation Act; revise bank merger process to be consistent with and revise provisions regarding banks in Mississippi that offer open-end credit.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1338IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1338PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1338SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Zuber — primary (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Banking and Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+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/d4059f13-046f-4468-a5a3-2608bbc646dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).