republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-485.md

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Bill	Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing of.	Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing of.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 485	Mississippi HB 485 (2023)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division A	enacted	Cockerham	7	19	4	2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0400dbe7-e6b3-4612-8fd0-c176b5096d96	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml	9c1ef4f54b94a420f8cdd7587a692b4b1319f58ed8bfc52c2cbe651e38e2dcb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 485 (2023) — Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing 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 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment No 2 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 485 (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
6. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
7. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 115–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cockerham — primary (person)
• Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
• McLean — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division A referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Cockerham,Blackmon,Lamar
• 2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Wiggins,England,Boyd
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0400dbe7-e6b3-4612-8fd0-c176b5096d96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).