---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Public Safety; authorize officer use of uniforms, weapons and vehicles off duty whle performing security services."
description: "Department of Public Safety; authorize officer use of uniforms, weapons and vehicles off duty whle performing security services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2239"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2239 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e2b192-c93f-48ff-a683-4496a38d944b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "ef8f68054983696d9d2ea3e3a61e390f0442fc202ec99003dfb3aca9ed8eb3db"
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 SB 2239 (2023) — Department of Public Safety; authorize officer use of uniforms, weapons and vehicles off duty whle performing security services.

## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2239IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2239_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2239.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2239PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2239CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2239SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **85–23** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **104–11** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `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`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,England,Barnett
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bain,Ford (73rd),Owen
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+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/f5e2b192-c93f-48ff-a683-4496a38d944b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).