republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-995.md

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Bill	Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception.	Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 995	Mississippi HB 995 (2023)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division B	enacted	McLean	6	21	4	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/16739c60-d7d1-483d-bf8d-ad85ff477654	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml	e753c1af3a2605f56514a193f71d189676de40b954f5d49c3e6e5f46e06f67b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 995 (2023) — Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception.

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. 995 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McLean — primary (person)
• Arnold — cosponsor (person)
• Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Darnell — cosponsor (person)
• Owen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Read the Third Time reading-3
• 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 Judiciary, Division B referral-committee
• 2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Cockerham,Scoggin,Clark
• 2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Fillingane,Sparks,Wiggins
• 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
• 2023-04-03T05:00:00+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/16739c60-d7d1-483d-bf8d-ad85ff477654. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).