---
type: "Bill"
title: "MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members."
description: "MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1268"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1268 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb6f44c4-a90b-4e4c-b5af-7f30a87685bf"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(21st).xml"
source_hash: "3ce0d0b6d24ddc339c58c8f4d2b7547c920677f154e52aff44371ad857f2b576"
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 1268 (2025) — MS Save Our Service Member Task Force; create to study and make recommendations concerning mental health needs of military members.

## 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/2025/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1268IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1268_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1268.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1268PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1268SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Bell (21st) — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Burch — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hulum — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- Keen — cosponsor (person)
- Lott — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Pigott — cosponsor (person)
- Varner — cosponsor (person)
- Yates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+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/cb6f44c4-a90b-4e4c-b5af-7f30a87685bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).