---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community and junior colleges; authorize to contract or enter into interlocal agreements with local governing authorities for first responders services."
description: "Community and junior colleges; authorize to contract or enter into interlocal agreements with local governing authorities for first responders services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1163 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa7147e-7163-40e5-9012-271ea18906a9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Lamar.xml"
source_hash: "0841c3ff6cd9b3dceeaa839975bd75b7d93c8e8b42ee114b90b819f0d8ce523b"
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 1163 (2024) — Community and junior colleges; authorize to contract or enter into interlocal agreements with local governing authorities for first responders 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/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1163IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/HB1163_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1163.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1163PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1163_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1163SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **95–14** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **102–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Tabled Subject To Call
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bailey, Scoggin, Holloway (76th))
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+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 Scoggin,Boyd (19th),Calvert
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd,DeLano,Butler
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+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/afa7147e-7163-40e5-9012-271ea18906a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).