republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-281.md

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Bill	Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of.	Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 281	Mississippi HB 281 (2023)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division B	enacted	Currie	6	15	3	2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00	2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2207f854-2b5f-4708-8a47-cb9ddec608f2	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml	4f4877a4bf78f757a3aa1b3939d6b665f8832cc0a6d2abe67d8805b12c3b0576	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 281 (2023) — Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 281 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 111–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Currie — primary (person)
• Bounds — cosponsor (person)
• Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
• Mangold — cosponsor (person)
• Miles — cosponsor (person)
• Stamps — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary B referral-committee
• 2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Read the Third Time reading-3
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-02-10T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division B referral-committee
• 2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2023-03-16T05:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/2207f854-2b5f-4708-8a47-cb9ddec608f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).