---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Health, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Health, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1796"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1796 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Appropriations C"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deweese"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/526e56ca-6245-4164-bde2-c0ba0f3e4f5b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "fa21950af5d6a9d8932aff4140f7e94784ba6408183a04df09000cb2c1b50641"
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 1796 (2024) — Appropriation; Health, Department 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/1700-1799/HB1796IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1796.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1796PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1796_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1796SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deweese — primary (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Creekmore IV — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Read — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations C;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: A2 To AP
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To A2
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Deweese,Read,Creekmore IV
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Hill,Polk
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 64
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+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/526e56ca-6245-4164-bde2-c0ba0f3e4f5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).