---
type: "Bill"
title: "County tax assessors; increase annual salary supplement upon the completion of certain certifications."
description: "County tax assessors; increase annual salary supplement upon the completion of certain certifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2444"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2444 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b91033c-2720-4cb4-850d-5260c49132d3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Moran.xml"
source_hash: "96ddc8a1f1f459ecc7e61f431ac6d7933f180da294769a226b2bb84b2fd68b66"
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 2444 (2019) — County tax assessors; increase annual salary supplement upon the completion of certain certifications.

## 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/SB/2400-2499/SB2444IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2444PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2444SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **105–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+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/4b91033c-2720-4cb4-850d-5260c49132d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).