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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive."
+description: "Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 2526"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2526 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Appropriations", "Universities and Colleges"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/153503de-fd33-43a3-a653-ff98d89d768e"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Tate.xml"
+source_hash: "feaf11079c0b1b6fd08efbd73f4ba586bcfdaedf9d2f1c0cf5618bc814ea6523"
+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 2526 (2025) — Yellow Ribbon Program funds; allow nonresident veterans to fully participate and receive.
+
+## 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/SB/2500-2599/SB2526IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2526_S_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2526.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2526PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/SB2526_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2526SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boyd — primary (person)
+- Tate — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: UC To AP
+- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: UC To AC
+- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To UC
+- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+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/153503de-fd33-43a3-a653-ff98d89d768e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+