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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hemp; create the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act."
+description: "Hemp; create the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2725"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2725 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Younger"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d79d2f-76b1-42f4-bcb9-75ff05a68d10"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(32nd).xml"
+source_hash: "dac6e4cdf5243c48ddb6e3d1c0db132fa15b769c63c24ba806f87d569821dfdf"
+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 2725 (2020) — Hemp; create the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act.
+
+## 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/2700-2799/SB2725IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2725.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2725PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2725_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2725CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2725SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **105–9** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **38–14** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–16** (pass) · upper
+- Failed To Concur — **31–21** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Younger — primary (person)
+- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2020-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-08T05:00:00+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
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Failed to Concur `failure`
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider W/Drawn
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
+- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
+- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/18d79d2f-76b1-42f4-bcb9-75ff05a68d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+