---
type: "Bill"
title: "Variable rate refunding bonds; delete requirement that issuance must result in 2% saving over the bonds being refunded."
description: "Variable rate refunding bonds; delete requirement that issuance must result in 2% saving over the bonds being refunded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2604"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2604 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde71493-6dae-4ac1-aee5-b95fbc5797a6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/Senate_authors/Fillingane.xml"
source_hash: "a56656e7b9deed05620f2d8d6b95d745152b7a6cbdda942fd63a311895f4eb3d"
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 2604 (2019) — Variable rate refunding bonds; delete requirement that issuance must result in 2% saving over the bonds being refunded.

## 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/2600-2699/SB2604IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2604.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2604PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2604_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2604SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **111–5** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **107–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Fillingane,Kirby,Harkins
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Smith,Lamar,White
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+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
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+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/dde71493-6dae-4ac1-aee5-b95fbc5797a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).