---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by processors, retail and food establishment prior to final sale."
description: "Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by processors, retail and food establishment prior to final sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 913"
citation: "Mississippi HB 913 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mangold"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/010fdbd0-065d-4e58-8161-4b570c50bb03"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Carpenter.xml"
source_hash: "5867710edd4e7b733587158ec62c69bcc10857d3c60aba65b143d032ed73b980"
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 913 (2025) — Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by processors, retail and food establishment prior to final sale.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0913IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0913.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0913PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB0913_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0913SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mangold — primary (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Pigott,Mangold,Wallace
- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Whaley,Berry,Hill
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+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/010fdbd0-065d-4e58-8161-4b570c50bb03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).