---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Future of Mississippi Agriculture Act of 2020\"; enact."
description: "\"Future of Mississippi Agriculture Act of 2020\"; enact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1566"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1566 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Workforce Development", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pigott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc59a729-6359-47d9-948f-b808841623f0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "ca771b21ec9c033a642f9f79cce19b3d9abd6d182685d0d6e9059b12b7c6df64"
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 1566 (2020) — "Future of Mississippi Agriculture Act of 2020"; enact.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1566IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB1566_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1566.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1566PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB1566_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1566CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1566SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **113–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **117–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pigott — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture;Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AG To WD
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: WD To AG
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AG To AC
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To AG
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+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/dc59a729-6359-47d9-948f-b808841623f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).