---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural operation activities; prohibit local governments from regulating."
description: "Agricultural operation activities; prohibit local governments from regulating."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1122 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7f18fc-5aca-4ad2-8bf3-0403f349be7c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1122.xml"
source_hash: "9d8be8cd0f8e19132445d43435644fae4755ac32d24b92ba1f56bbf2095d34e5"
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 1122 (2018) — Agricultural operation activities; prohibit local governments from regulating.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1122IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1122PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1122CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1122SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **115–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **117–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **45–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-16T05:00:00+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/bb7f18fc-5aca-4ad2-8bf3-0403f349be7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).