---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate; revise liability for certain provisions."
description: "Real estate; revise liability for certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1271 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Financial Institutions", "Judiciary A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deweese"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0b0bb9e-a9cc-4a12-a91f-e5692d34f166"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "dba13b0b67ec80783bb66fcd72568b31ab2541986ed881fb4af9c6466fe8d37c"
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 1271 (2024) — Real estate; revise liability for certain provisions.

## 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/1200-1299/HB1271IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1271.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1271PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1271_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1271SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deweese — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Bell (21st) — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Haney — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Tubb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Financial Institutions `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
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+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/d0b0bb9e-a9cc-4a12-a91f-e5692d34f166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).