---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Seminary; authorize to establish a town cemetery fund and cemetery advisory committee."
description: "Town of Seminary; authorize to establish a town cemetery fund and cemetery advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1618"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1618 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f93332e1-1a6c-41c1-b3bc-a91b94671164"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1618.xml"
source_hash: "927ed4bc2f6785ad8fe7ca06dd0a92ddb96f840d4f2fc39fa85e9f90d0b5760c"
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 1618 (2018) — Town of Seminary; authorize to establish a town cemetery fund and cemetery advisory committee.

## 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/1600-1699/HB1618IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1618PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1618CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1618SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sanford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-12T05:00:00+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/f93332e1-1a6c-41c1-b3bc-a91b94671164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).