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type: "Bill"
title: "Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan."
description: "Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "Mississippi HB 754 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deweese"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3506b9ac-5b09-47d6-9d67-77985d64ca93"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Aguirre.xml"
source_hash: "656437d0c74bc951ca834d83445f67d8536779000ba2b84a9cd0f631aa259394"
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 754 (2021) — Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan.
## 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/0700-0799/HB0754IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0754.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0754PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0754_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0754SG.htm)
## Votes
- Adopt Conference Report — **480** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **1210** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **511** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Deweese — primary (person)
- Aguirre — cosponsor (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Bell (21st) — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Felsher — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (54th) — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- McCarty — cosponsor (person)
- McLean — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Scoggin — cosponsor (person)
- Shanks — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)
- Yancey — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bennett,McCarty,Deweese
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,Boyd,Johnson
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-09T05:00:00+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/3506b9ac-5b09-47d6-9d67-77985d64ca93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).