---
type: "Bill"
title: "County or municipal Medicare eligible employees; make clarification regarding ability to receive certain supplemental compensation."
description: "County or municipal Medicare eligible employees; make clarification regarding ability to receive certain supplemental compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 843"
citation: "Mississippi HB 843 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a45b1b1-c88c-4cfc-99a7-7127e2d1c8ce"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "3e5abfcdf5e37bf0505305d77322e2a8f9ce69c45bfdff1cd7f3b01e5910b3ef"
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 843 (2022) — County or municipal Medicare eligible employees; make clarification regarding ability to receive certain supplemental compensation.

## 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/2022/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0843.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB0843_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **119–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+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/9a45b1b1-c88c-4cfc-99a7-7127e2d1c8ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).