---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bonds; authorize for various purposes."
description: "Bonds; authorize for various purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1649"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1649 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285a55f8-016d-479f-a68f-21de35ce7bab"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1649.xml"
source_hash: "b71b328127f3351064fbaed4290b0f469e9f74ffb9b6cc102a994ddcd85fe2a5"
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 1649 (2018) — Bonds; authorize for various purposes.

## 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/HB1649IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1649PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1649CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1649SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **48–3** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **115–4** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **106–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs_(72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Smith,Lamar,White
- **2018-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Kirby,Burton
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Withdrawn
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-13T05:00:00+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/285a55f8-016d-479f-a68f-21de35ce7bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).