republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/hb-1249.md

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Bill	Group health insurance; allow local governing authorities to pay employee's benefits for dependents.	Group health insurance; allow local governing authorities to pay employee's benefits for dependents.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	HB 1249	Mississippi HB 1249 (2019)	bill	County Affairs Finance	enacted	Bennett	6	20	4	2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00	2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9d7c5f25-3b8b-48c2-8a6a-04fad92dd6db	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml	63684e4080337331f65d5bb0377c8b3b892d0b9d0958745eda179b834a08e5c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1249 (2019) — Group health insurance; allow local governing authorities to pay employee's benefits for dependents.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1249 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 109–3 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 49–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 112–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Lamar — cosponsor (person)
• Mickens — cosponsor (person)
• Sykes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To County Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2019-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 2019-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Finance referral-committee
• 2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Byrd,Bennett,Reynolds
• 2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Fillingane,Kirby,Carter
• 2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d7c5f25-3b8b-48c2-8a6a-04fad92dd6db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).