republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2021/hb-551.md

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Bill	Driver's license; require Department of Public Safety to allow official identifying document of MDOC to suffice for.	Driver's license; require Department of Public Safety to allow official identifying document of MDOC to suffice for.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2021	HB 551	Mississippi HB 551 (2021)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division B	enacted	Bain	5	16	3	2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00	2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/42e5ecb7-4738-452d-a9ec-5dee40a46655	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml	dfaa5d1f713db735155090f675f988d29bc9c018745b9f35284639059c07d180	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 551 (2021) — Driver's license; require Department of Public Safety to allow official identifying document of MDOC to suffice for.

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. 551 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 119–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 120–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bain — primary (person)
• Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Williams-Barnes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary B referral-committee
• 2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division B referral-committee
• 2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered
• 2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42e5ecb7-4738-452d-a9ec-5dee40a46655. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).