---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delta State University property; authorize DFA to transfer to Coahoma County Community College."
description: "Delta State University property; authorize DFA to transfer to Coahoma County Community College."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2898"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2898 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Universities and Colleges", "Public Property", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
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/77e250a8-978a-4ff7-8d8b-a2e5edb6db53"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2898.xml"
source_hash: "bb4b3fa0377de18c8cca0e16c09c57c1b06d047fb89104172c7faa572ef97fc7"
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 2898 (2018) — Delta State University property; authorize DFA to transfer to Coahoma County Community College.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2898IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2898PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2898CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2898SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Dearing — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons_(12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons_(13th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property;Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: PP To FI
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+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/77e250a8-978a-4ff7-8d8b-a2e5edb6db53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).