Committee advances bill allowing Mississippi Agricultural Livestock Theft Bureau agents to keep sidearms at retirement

The Mississippi Senate committee approved House Bill 933 on a voice vote after a brief sponsor explanation.

Senator Barry told the committee the bill "simply adds the Mississippi Agricultural Livestock Theft Bureau agents are people who can retain their sidearm upon retirement." The chair then called for a motion that the title be sufficient to pass; the motion carried and the chair announced the bill "carries."

The bill’s change is limited and procedural in nature: it clarifies that agents within the Mississippi Agricultural Livestock Theft Bureau may keep their issued sidearms when they retire. No questions were recorded during the committee’s consideration, and the committee took no further amendments or actions on the bill.

The committee’s vote was by voice; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. The committee moved promptly to the next agenda item after announcing the bill carried.