republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-516.md

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Bill	Conservation officer; decrease minimum years of law enforcement experience required to be appointed a.	Conservation officer; decrease minimum years of law enforcement experience required to be appointed a.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 516	Mississippi HB 516 (2023)	bill	Wildlife Fisheries and Parks	enacted	Kinkade	3	11	2	2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00	2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/441a21c7-bb33-48bb-8b03-9375681b6177	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Kinkade.xml	2c34a16c94a535a38a6d6621b23067e39a2087b2abd9000262bfb9710ff3b649	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 516 (2023) — Conservation officer; decrease minimum years of law enforcement experience required to be appointed a.

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 — 113–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kinkade — primary (person)
• Mickens — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks referral-committee
• 2023-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks referral-committee
• 2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/441a21c7-bb33-48bb-8b03-9375681b6177. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).