---
type: "Bill"
title: "Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters."
description: "Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Mississippi HB 521 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scoggin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89aa9712-b6b7-4b42-b54b-7eccb415d770"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "b4244298177e2af3ab1cce62f1013123726407650ab729c3512964ae6be25a98"
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 521 (2023) — Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0521IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0521_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0521.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0521PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0521_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0521CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0521SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scoggin — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Creekmore IV — cosponsor (person)
- Evans (91st) — cosponsor (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Horne — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rushing — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: IN To AP
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: AP To IN
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: IN To AP
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To IN
- **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`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Ford (54th),Busby
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Michel,McLendon,Hopson
- **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
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+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
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/89aa9712-b6b7-4b42-b54b-7eccb415d770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).