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type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of."
description: "Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Mississippi HB 281 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Currie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2207f854-2b5f-4708-8a47-cb9ddec608f2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
source_hash: "4f4877a4bf78f757a3aa1b3939d6b665f8832cc0a6d2abe67d8805b12c3b0576"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0281IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB0281_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0281.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0281PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0281_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0281SG.htm)
## Votes
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **520** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **1113** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2207f854-2b5f-4708-8a47-cb9ddec608f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).