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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held."
+description: "Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 949"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 949 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Conservation and Water Resources", "County Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8482381-0827-4151-a8dc-a4122cc71cee"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Blackmon.xml"
+source_hash: "ad96f25cec070bb448928933cf19e05504a0507558b9a216874983e72c3588af"
+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 949 (2021) — Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held.
+
+## 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/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0949IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0949_H_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0949.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0949PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0949_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0949SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **107–5** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **109–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ford — primary (person)
+- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
+- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Conservation and Water Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
+- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+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/b8482381-0827-4151-a8dc-a4122cc71cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+