---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abstinence education; delete repealer on school board requirement to adopt a policy on abstinence-only or abstinence-plus."
description: "Abstinence education; delete repealer on school board requirement to adopt a policy on abstinence-only or abstinence-plus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1390"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1390 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yancey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/251af2f6-2109-4b1c-a2c6-a523e3bbd41e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Yancey.xml"
source_hash: "16001b1958eef7b1fcdd40d79c0ec2925893982e9cc9e0fa81dc60e7e799edb0"
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 1390 (2023) — Abstinence education; delete repealer on school board requirement to adopt a policy on abstinence-only or abstinence-plus.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1390IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1390.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1390PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1390_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1390SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **48–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **111–3** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **46–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yancey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bennett,McLean,Yancey
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,Wiggins,Polk
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 61
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+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/251af2f6-2109-4b1c-a2c6-a523e3bbd41e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).