---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunter safety course; authorize school districts to offer as part of their curriculum."
description: "Hunter safety course; authorize school districts to offer as part of their curriculum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1577 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18068907-0d89-4139-b33e-a0d731792610"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "8f2852c05bddcf0ff2fba1f83fcf36f38e61b72fc708a7485b0f2f4d407dc772"
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 1577 (2020) — Hunter safety course; authorize school districts to offer as part of their curriculum.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: WI To ED
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: ED To WI
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education;Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: ED To WI
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+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/18068907-0d89-4139-b33e-a0d731792610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).