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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Port Authority and other ports; delete repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting."
+description: "State Port Authority and other ports; delete repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 652"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 652 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Ports and Marine Resources", "Ports", "Harbors and Airports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfeb735-a923-4707-9b1c-dbf560f744af"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(54th).xml"
+source_hash: "df017ec665ea6b9153a4845b6882fcab9d2c4ace337e8ad1e43186a8644ffdee"
+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 652 (2024) — State Port Authority and other ports; delete repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.
+
+## 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/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0652_S_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0652.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ford — primary (person)
+- Hulum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports, Harbors and Airports `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Guice,Ford (54th),Fondren
+- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Thompson,Sparks,Ladner
+- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+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/3cfeb735-a923-4707-9b1c-dbf560f744af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+