---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans with Combat Injuries Day; designate February 13 as."
description: "Veterans with Combat Injuries Day; designate February 13 as."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1403 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d811c95-c353-443f-994a-bccfc587875f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Carpenter.xml"
source_hash: "3e5fac422e7a8d2755b3354e06b355d258b474f082f9cd797a16aacbe0c96006"
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 1403 (2026) — Veterans with Combat Injuries Day; designate February 13 as.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1403IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1403PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1403SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+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/4d811c95-c353-443f-994a-bccfc587875f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).