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type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing security services in off-duty hours."
description: "Law enforcement; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing security services in off-duty hours."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 631"
citation: "Mississippi HB 631 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784ab0d8-53b6-4bc7-9837-f0fe8db8fdac"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "f3c2bdfe6991606041471387d6697abcb4e3e62f2187c9eaf34d3bae1ede6b8d"
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 631 (2021) — Law enforcement; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing security services in off-duty hours.
## 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/2021/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0631IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0631_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0631.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0631PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0631_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0631SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **3612** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **502** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **1156** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **1124** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **491** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cockerham — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `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`
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Bell (21st),Clark
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,England,McCaughn
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-19T05:00:00+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/784ab0d8-53b6-4bc7-9837-f0fe8db8fdac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).