---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Inland Port Authority; revise the powers and duties of."
description: "State Inland Port Authority; revise the powers and duties of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 393"
citation: "Mississippi HB 393 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ports", "Harbors and Airports", "Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f5b1cd6-0e57-497d-8ea2-5ece682b5c4c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB0393.xml"
source_hash: "cb3db4f415870a79be671aac1f50bca11c161961efcc5b7ddce8128169b99ae5"
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 393 (2018) — State Inland Port Authority; revise the powers and duties of.

## 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/0300-0399/HB0393IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0393PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0393SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–3** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bain — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports, Harbors and Airports;Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PO To WM
- **2018-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: WM To PO
- **2018-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-15T05:00:00+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/0f5b1cd6-0e57-497d-8ea2-5ece682b5c4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).