---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission."
description: "Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2985"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2985 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clarke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99b2832-eeac-47f6-a1a9-4f871b13d839"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2985.xml"
source_hash: "f4fbd63e4bf2ce8c5749d023daad51569bc81a799b6b1b3cd60260b92e4476cd"
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 2985 (2018) — Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.

## 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/SB2985IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2985PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2985SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **110–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clarke — primary (person)
- Carmichael — cosponsor (person)
- Hopson — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Clarke,Carmichael,Butler
- **2018-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Sullivan,Pigott
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-11T05:00:00+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/d99b2832-eeac-47f6-a1a9-4f871b13d839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).