---
type: "Bill"
title: "State land; remove application waiting period on forfeited tax land; clarify procedure for refunds on cancelled patents."
description: "State land; remove application waiting period on forfeited tax land; clarify procedure for refunds on cancelled patents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2787"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2787 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blount"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e52dfea-992a-41b6-bd38-945984f651b9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2787.xml"
source_hash: "0da9915461557d91652119b3df27a288d46a4388bfd9eb7dfa4a387174ca78ea"
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 2787 (2018) — State land; remove application waiting period on forfeited tax land; clarify procedure for refunds on cancelled patents.

## 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/2700-2799/SB2787IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2787PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2787SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blount — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PP To AP
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PP To AP
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To PP
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+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/8e52dfea-992a-41b6-bd38-945984f651b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).