---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salvage certificate of title; vehicles with may not receive a clear title but may receive a branded title."
description: "Salvage certificate of title; vehicles with may not receive a clear title but may receive a branded title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2277"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2277 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d945776f-c265-42d5-ad6f-4b6c056c01eb"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2277.xml"
source_hash: "f87d66f3d94a6054bb9e1ca0d37c4e9c85677b7ef99548749417b921d5d03008"
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 SB 2277 (2018) — Salvage certificate of title; vehicles with may not receive a clear title but may receive a branded title.

## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2277IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2277PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2277SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **43–9** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **95–15** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+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 House `introduction`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Transportation;Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: TR To WM
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: WM To TR
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-09T06:00:00+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/d945776f-c265-42d5-ad6f-4b6c056c01eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).