MS HB 1640

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DHS; require to employ commercial wage verification services to get information for eligibility determination for benefits.

Mississippi · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did MS HB 1640 pass?

No. MS HB 1640 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-30). Latest recorded action (2026-03-30): Died In Conference

What is MS HB 1640 about?

MS HB 1640 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “DHS; require to employ commercial wage verification services to get information for eligibility determination for benefits.”.

Who sponsors MS HB 1640?

Deweese is the primary sponsor of MS HB 1640.

Introduced: 2026-02-16
Latest action: 2026-03-30 — Died In Conference
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-19
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
referral-committee
2026-02-03
Title Suff Do Pass
committee-passage
2026-02-11
Read the Third Time
reading-3
2026-02-12
Amended
amendment-passage
2026-02-12
Passed As Amended
passage
2026-02-16
Transmitted To Senate
introduction
2026-02-17
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Title Suff Do Pass
committee-passage
2026-03-10
Amended
amendment-passage
2026-03-10
Passed As Amended
passage
2026-03-11
Returned For Concurrence
2026-03-18
Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2026-03-23
Conferees Named Ford (54th),Porter,Mansell
2026-03-24
Conferees Named Thompson,Sparks,Williams
2026-03-30
Died In Conference

Versions

Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)Compare
Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1640Compare
As IntroducedCompare
Current versionCompare

Documents

Votes

Passage as Amended
2026-02-12 · pass · 115-2
Member-level votes (122)
- Aguirre: yes
- Anderson (110th): yes
- Anderson (122nd): yes
- Anthony: yes
- Arnold: yes
- Bailey (23rd): yes
- Bailey (49th): yes
- Banks: yes
- Barnett: yes
- Barton: yes
- Bell (21st): yes
- Bell (65th): yes
- Bennett: yes
- Blackmon: yes
- Blackwell: yes
- Bounds: yes
- Boyd (19th): yes
- Boyd (37th): yes
- Burch: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Byrd: yes
- Calvert: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Clark: yes
- Cockerham: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Creekmore IV: yes
- Crosby: yes
- Crudup: yes
- Currie: yes
- Denton: yes
- Deweese: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Estrada: yes
- Eubanks: yes
- Eure: yes
- Felsher: yes
- Fondren: yes
- Ford (54th): yes
- Ford (73rd): yes
- Foster: yes
- Gibbs (36th): yes
- Gibbs (72nd): yes
- Grady: yes
- Guice: yes
- Hale: yes
- Hall: yes
- Haney: yes
- Harness: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hawkins: yes
- Hines: yes
- Hobgood-Wilkes: yes
- Holloway (27th): yes
- Holloway (76th): yes
- Hood: yes
- Horan: yes
- Horne: yes
- Hulum: yes
- Hurst: yes
- Jackson (11th): yes
- Jackson (45th): yes
- Johnson: yes
- Karriem: yes
- Keen: yes
- Kinkade: yes
- Ladner: yes
- Lamar: yes
- Lott: yes
- Mangold: yes
- Mansell: yes
- Massengill: yes
- Mattox: yes
- McCarty: yes
- McCray: yes
- McGee: yes
- McKnight: yes
- McLean: yes
- McMillan: yes
- Mickens: yes
- Mims: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nelson: yes
- Newman: yes
- Oliver: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Owen: yes
- Pigott: yes
- Porter: yes
- Powell: yes
- Read: yes
- Remak: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Rosebud: yes
- Rushing: yes
- Sanders: yes
- Sanford: yes
- Scoggin: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shanks: yes
- Smith: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tubb: yes
- Tullos: yes
- Turner: yes
- Varner: yes
- Waldo: yes
- Wallace: yes
- Watson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Yancey: yes
- Yates: yes
- Zuber: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Brown: no
- Summers: no
- Steverson: not voting
- Butler-Washington: other
- Evans: other
- Faulkner: other
- James-Jones: other
Passage as Amended
2026-03-10 · pass · 52-0
Member-level votes (52)
- Barnett: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Berry: yes
- Blackmon: yes
- Blackwell: yes
- Blount: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Brumfield: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Butler: yes
- Carter: yes
- Chassaniol: yes
- Chism: yes
- DeBar: yes
- DeLano: yes
- DuPree: yes
- England: yes
- Fillingane: yes
- Frazier: yes
- Gillespie Isom: yes
- Harkins: yes
- Hartness: yes
- Hickman: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hopson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kirby: yes
- Ladner: yes
- McCaughn: yes
- McLendon: yes
- McMahan: yes
- Michel: yes
- Mumford: yes
- Norwood: yes
- Parks: yes
- Pope: yes
- Rhodes: yes
- Seymour: yes
- Simmons D. T. (12th): yes
- Simmons S. (13th): yes
- Sparks: yes
- Suber: yes
- Tate: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turner-Ford: yes
- Whaley: yes
- Wiggins: yes
- Williams: yes
- Younger: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1640.xml

Attribution

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