---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax; allow DHS to collect debts owed to it through setoff against state income tax refunds."
description: "Income tax; allow DHS to collect debts owed to it through setoff against state income tax refunds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1638"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1638 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creekmore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad23cc30-ae9e-4888-bb33-1acb49e411bb"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml"
source_hash: "ad7acd8b4f544446b0a654192d8cc7a71da68b2775d2acaaeeb527d081bdab0a"
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 1638 (2024) — Income tax; allow DHS to collect debts owed to it through setoff against state income tax refunds.

## 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/HB1638IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1638.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1638PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1638_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1638CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1638SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **101–9** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **48–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creekmore — primary (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-20T05:00:00+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/ad23cc30-ae9e-4888-bb33-1acb49e411bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).