republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-979.md

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Bill	Hunting; provide exeception for recovering mortally wounded animals at night with use of light.	Hunting; provide exeception for recovering mortally wounded animals at night with use of light.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 979	Mississippi HB 979 (2023)	bill	Wildlife Fisheries and Parks	enacted	Kinkade	6	14	3	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5aadc34a-1018-4031-a1df-3936236c2cec	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Kinkade.xml	134087b0ed8cddd68c81a64610f2e172b949ffcaab0af491e67b5974c45c11b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 979 (2023) — Hunting; provide exeception for recovering mortally wounded animals at night with use of light.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 979 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kinkade — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-02-10T06:00:00+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 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
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+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/5aadc34a-1018-4031-a1df-3936236c2cec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).