---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Forestry Commission."
description: "Appropriation; Forestry Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1653"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1653 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6feb2ab6-8484-4f9d-b4ba-4c4048194f24"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "7da26babacf5f3188d46383beaff3934f91f547f9c63d88b19036c05b109f590"
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 HB 1653 (2019) — Appropriation; Forestry 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/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1653IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1653.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1653PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1653_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1653SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Bounds — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Busby — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Huddleston — cosponsor (person)
- Ladner — cosponsor (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
- Staples — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Sullivan,Pigott
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Clarke,Carmichael,Moran
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+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/6feb2ab6-8484-4f9d-b4ba-4c4048194f24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).