---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Hattiesburg; authorize contributions to Twin Forks Rising Community Development Corporation."
description: "City of Hattiesburg; authorize contributions to Twin Forks Rising Community Development Corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1551"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1551 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6c957fe-cbb4-4e1b-aa63-92148931e35d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1551.xml"
source_hash: "011715192ad17c979cbcd96a4d986d086df175d2ebde76902dffe8c2511d6fd7"
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 1551 (2018) — City of Hattiesburg; authorize contributions to Twin Forks Rising Community Development Corporation.

## 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/1500-1599/HB1551IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1551PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1551SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **111–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McGee — primary (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+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/a6c957fe-cbb4-4e1b-aa63-92148931e35d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).