---
type: "Bill"
title: "State officers; make minor, nonsubstantive changes regarding swearing in of."
description: "State officers; make minor, nonsubstantive changes regarding swearing in of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1121"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1121 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72d4120-573c-48c8-8489-bdbaee2ca3ab"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Sanford.xml"
source_hash: "d20f7e4dee8681a04d619343754ce7bf98ac2564c87ca90d5967d8bdb5f28837"
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 1121 (2024) — State officers; make minor, nonsubstantive changes regarding swearing in of.

## 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/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1121IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1121PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1121SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+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/a72d4120-573c-48c8-8489-bdbaee2ca3ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).