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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of."
+description: "Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2963"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2963 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c3b2ba-70fb-4e0c-abfb-515d4ed171b9"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Hill.xml"
+source_hash: "b4683e4cefb5cca3f09f26440fcaae97233a59f5bafb495753191c7e609113c9"
+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 2963 (2020) — Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
+
+## 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/2900-2999/SB2963IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2963.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2963PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2963_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2963SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **115–2** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **115–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hopson — primary (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Jackson (32nd),Wiggins
+- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Pigott,Mangold
+- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-07-06T05:00:00+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/86c3b2ba-70fb-4e0c-abfb-515d4ed171b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+