---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Human Services, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Human Services, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1909"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1909 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Appropriations C"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deweese"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d455b909-d117-4463-840d-1a73e11856ef"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "762a6734509adf1275944a53839b0da2edcaeb144c74e479c48124ff12811ca4"
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 1909 (2026) — Appropriation; Human Services, 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/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1909IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1909.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1909PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1909_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1909SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **79–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations C;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: A2 To AP
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To A2
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Deweese,Cockerham,Turner
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Blackwell,Sparks
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Summers, Deweese)
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+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/d455b909-d117-4463-840d-1a73e11856ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).