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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Forestry; create the Forestry Facility Grant Program."
+description: "Forestry; create the Forestry Facility Grant Program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 2525"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2525 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "Finance", "Forestry"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCaughn"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afab54de-8412-46ae-a95d-32eac89e6401"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Hickman.xml"
+source_hash: "3ac2828633e499ef3ac7011d855695a9ce422bec6f2489b6839951e6e9703cc2"
+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 2525 (2023) — Forestry; create the Forestry Facility Grant Program.
+
+## 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/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2525IN.htm)
+2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2525PS.htm)
+3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2525CS.htm)
+4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2525SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **113–4** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCaughn — primary (person)
+- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
+- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
+- Suber — cosponsor (person)
+- Tate — cosponsor (person)
+- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry;Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: FO To FI
+- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: FO To AP
+- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To FO
+- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
+- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+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/afab54de-8412-46ae-a95d-32eac89e6401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+