---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program; create state associate and standardize operations of local programs."
description: "Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program; create state associate and standardize operations of local programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1624"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1624 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fondren"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9dc080-8cd4-4733-8fd3-e2bcfdcd4921"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "3784ca61534311b064443952d7336a0f76580c7349a1767bc736c059715d782d"
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 1624 (2024) — Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program; create state associate and standardize operations of local programs.

## 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/1600-1699/HB1624IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1624.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1624PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1624_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1624CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1624SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fondren — primary (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Kinkade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+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`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+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 Hood,Yates,Fondren
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Simmons (12th),Thompson
- **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
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+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/ba9dc080-8cd4-4733-8fd3-e2bcfdcd4921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).