---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absentee voting; revise various provisions of."
description: "Absentee voting; revise various provisions of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1406 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tullos"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce8b576-29a1-4dea-9b8e-6c385c114e31"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Hulum.xml"
source_hash: "b6a1096dad98365f000a643fe35a1a9f99dba61bedc9acace418dd1e11e587c1"
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 1406 (2024) — Absentee voting; revise various provisions 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/1400-1499/HB1406IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1406.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1406_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **35–17** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **33–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tullos — primary (person)
- Hulum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `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
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Sanford,Tullos,James-Jones
- **2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named England,Chassaniol,Blount
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Sanford, Tullos)
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fce8b576-29a1-4dea-9b8e-6c385c114e31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).