republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2022/hb-779.md

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Bill	Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; include cause of death covered under First Responders Act of 2020.	Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; include cause of death covered under First Responders Act of 2020.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2022	HB 779	Mississippi HB 779 (2022)	bill	Appropriations	enacted	Gunn	3	12	2	2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00	2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e1ce952e-efab-4ba0-aee9-a829a9833cce	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Aguirre_*.xml	8f5979e96bec7b6b6cc2de30c710a166df15d87cbb9a252cbdfc902bb13f8a46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 779 (2022) — Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; include cause of death covered under First Responders Act of 2020.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 122–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gunn — primary (person)
• Aguirre * — cosponsor (person)
• Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Felsher — cosponsor (person)
• Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
• Foster — cosponsor (person)
• Haney — cosponsor (person)
• Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
• Miles — cosponsor (person)
• Scoggin — cosponsor (person)
• Stamps — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1ce952e-efab-4ba0-aee9-a829a9833cce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).