---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid antagonists; authorize community organizations and others to receive and administer."
description: "Opioid antagonists; authorize community organizations and others to receive and administer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1137 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary", "Division A", "Public Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b30ed9e2-3632-47b4-979b-ca39739cf8c7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "4bf487c9cecee8a90765a2dc62724f78ff8efb1f4cc842b162573bf08e8539c3"
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 1137 (2024) — Opioid antagonists; authorize community organizations and others to receive and administer.

## 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/HB1137IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1137.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1137PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1137_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1137SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Butler-Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway (27th) — cosponsor (person)
- James-Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Yates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Creekmore IV,Waldo,Nelson
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,Barrett
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+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/b30ed9e2-3632-47b4-979b-ca39739cf8c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).