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type: "Bill"
title: "MS Medical Cannabis Act; extend repealers to certain state laws for Departments of Health and Revenue in connection with."
description: "MS Medical Cannabis Act; extend repealers to certain state laws for Departments of Health and Revenue in connection with."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Mississippi HB 249 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Policy", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62f1d46b-7bf4-4d42-99f8-f6eeddb5f092"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Roberson.xml"
source_hash: "d1657411f4ff195a9d37e5f4beba59bde948622a191cd099471fa60d265aa2d0"
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 249 (2023) — MS Medical Cannabis Act; extend repealers to certain state laws for Departments of Health and Revenue in connection with.
## 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/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0249IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0249_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0249.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0249PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0249CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0249SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **1121** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **1153** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Roberson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Drug Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+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/62f1d46b-7bf4-4d42-99f8-f6eeddb5f092`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).