---
type: "Bill"
title: "MS Forestry Commission; extend repeal date on authority to appoint law enforcement officers."
description: "MS Forestry Commission; extend repeal date on authority to appoint law enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2919"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2919 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browning"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fc9d0b-5b83-4259-98ef-80ab72740781"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2919.xml"
source_hash: "eedd5178db1d1e07ed7aeeda978eb4c62000ddc71b53be61613c0dfb2100f15e"
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 2919 (2018) — MS Forestry Commission; extend repeal date on authority to appoint law enforcement officers.

## 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/2900-2999/SB2919IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2919PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2919SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **110–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Browning — primary (person)
- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+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`
- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-16T05:00:00+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/e1fc9d0b-5b83-4259-98ef-80ab72740781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).