---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baby drop-off and safe haven; revise provisions that regulate."
description: "Baby drop-off and safe haven; revise provisions that regulate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1318 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25f8941c-729f-457b-8946-0e0bc0cba14f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Carpenter.xml"
source_hash: "721f657e537e47fdaa8d3d0d6450e9bec2c323dc9831567e5a5ba40c20c72828"
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 1318 (2023) — Baby drop-off and safe haven; revise provisions that regulate.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1318IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1318_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1318_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1318.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1318PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1318_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1318SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **39–13** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Felsher, Cockerham, Reynolds)
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Felsher,Tullos
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,Branning
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 61
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+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/25f8941c-729f-457b-8946-0e0bc0cba14f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).