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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for."
+description: "Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1603"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1603 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d747b8e-d491-4899-8444-4f1bb2b88661"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1603.xml"
+source_hash: "2ebcd59ea9b95b12ca36df75afb8f9588b38a236ca5fe1364fc103e60af89b59"
+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 1603 (2018) — Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
+
+## 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/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1603IN.htm)
+2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1603PS.htm)
+3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1603SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **116–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Barton — cosponsor (person)
+- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bounds — cosponsor (person)
+- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Busby — cosponsor (person)
+- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
+- Eure — cosponsor (person)
+- Huddleston_(15th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Huddleston_(30th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Ladner — cosponsor (person)
+- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
+- Staples — cosponsor (person)
+- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
+- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+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/5d747b8e-d491-4899-8444-4f1bb2b88661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+