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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create."
+description: "Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2553"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2553 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blackmon"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747bf802-013a-4e0e-8129-2c8beeeee733"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Blount.xml"
+source_hash: "b780a8bff9702ab78dead314f004f3d5b10b713ca1eda569ecc3adebb834567e"
+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 SB 2553 (2020) — Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
+
+## 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/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2553_S_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2553.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2553_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **45–6** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blackmon — primary (person)
+- Blount — cosponsor (person)
+- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
+- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Witherspoon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2020-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
+- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+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/747bf802-013a-4e0e-8129-2c8beeeee733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+