HB 553 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Wild Turkey Stamp; establish.

HB 553 would have required all hunters aged 16+ to purchase a Mississippi Wild Turkey Stamp (or its digital equivalent) to legally hunt wild turkeys in the state. The bill set fees at $10 for residents and $100 for non-residents, with all revenue dedicated to turkey conservation projects like habitat restoration (not administrative costs). Violations would have carried fines of $25-$100, though penalties could be waived if hunters proved prior stamp purchase. This bill "died in committee" on March 4, 2025, and never became law.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Committee Substitute Current version · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill title and version designation were updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the House,' indicating the bill has been approved by the House of Representatives and is now in its current version for further legislative action. No substantive policy changes, funding adjustments, or eligibility modifications were made in this version.
TECHNICAL

Updated bill version label from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the House' to reflect its current legislative status.

Floor votes · House Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

10212
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 119
Jan 28, 2025
D Democratic39
36 Yea 2 Nay 1
92% Yea
I Independent2
1 Yea 1
50% Yea
R Republican78
65 Yea 10 Nay 3
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;Appropriations
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors