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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing \"mentally retarded\" with \"intellectual disability\"."
description: "Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing \"mentally retarded\" with \"intellectual disability\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Mississippi HB 315 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yancey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12def9dd-7af0-41cc-a891-924ce8a059d9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Crawford.xml"
source_hash: "ecc92988bfa40912eccaca4c73b725685efbea3f26be4dd7eb08cf32d5e9ba24"
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 315 (2024) — Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing "mentally retarded" with "intellectual disability".
## 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/2024/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0315IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0315.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/HB/0300-0399/HB0315PS.pdf)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0315_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0315SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **1220** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **520** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **1200** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Yancey — primary (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Hulum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Creekmore IV,Yancey,Stepp
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Parker,Parks
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+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/12def9dd-7af0-41cc-a891-924ce8a059d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).