---
type: "Bill"
title: "State buildings; rename certain designated building as the \"William Lowe (Bill) Waller, Sr., Building.\""
description: "State buildings; rename certain designated building as the \"William Lowe (Bill) Waller, Sr., Building.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Mississippi HB 155 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property", "Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71ce6048-5cd2-49d3-8be7-374e30967189"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0155.xml"
source_hash: "4bf2283f57dcb51c4ad8df98857509605936d3e3d4d2622095b5a3d192b37544"
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 155 (2018) — State buildings; rename certain designated building as the "William Lowe (Bill) Waller, Sr., Building."

## 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/0100-0199/HB0155IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0155PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0155SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **116–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules;Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: RU To PP
- **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`
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+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/71ce6048-5cd2-49d3-8be7-374e30967189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).