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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cloud Center of Excellence; establish for phased-in cloud computing and storage by state agencies and governing authorities."
+description: "Cloud Center of Excellence; establish for phased-in cloud computing and storage by state agencies and governing authorities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1491"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1491 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "State Affairs", "Technology"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zuber"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9257b63c-3d01-4ce9-b45e-e0619fbba937"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(73rd).xml"
+source_hash: "0685ba93b33f24480ffb010b56abb1626eaa7f8b68c38b6f1d41bb52852db058"
+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 1491 (2025) — Cloud Center of Excellence; establish for phased-in cloud computing and storage by state agencies and governing authorities.
+
+## 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/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1491IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1491_S_Amend_02.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1491.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1491PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1491CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1491SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zuber — primary (person)
+- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs;Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: SA To TE
+- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: TE To SA
+- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Technology;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: TE To AP
+- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Shanks,Massengill
+- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeLano,Williams,Johnson
+- **2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Massengill,Ford (73rd)
+- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
+- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
+- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+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/9257b63c-3d01-4ce9-b45e-e0619fbba937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+