---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations."
description: "Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1404"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1404 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creekmore"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c0f3c89-dab2-4ebd-9694-f93bd9db123d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml"
source_hash: "ae51d3067b84098d501aaccb684b6b435d3a54e4e74ea91c5cb604ae5141db32"
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 1404 (2025) — Mental health; provide exemption from pre-affidavit screening for persons being treated in an acute psych hospital who have already had evaluations.

## 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/1400-1499/HB1404IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/HB1404_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1404_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1404.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1404_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1404SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creekmore — primary (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Hood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+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/4c0f3c89-dab2-4ebd-9694-f93bd9db123d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).