---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contract price; authorize rural water associations to purchase commodities under."
description: "State contract price; authorize rural water associations to purchase commodities under."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "Mississippi HB 266 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosebud"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa567bc-3ce9-4c18-926f-377d74b24363"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "a735799e92717fa9658cc10844497be6e574bcb07381a419653d3941cd047345"
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 266 (2020) — State contract price; authorize rural water associations to purchase commodities under.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0266IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB0266_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0266PS.htm)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0266CS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0266SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosebud — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+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`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+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/6aa567bc-3ce9-4c18-926f-377d74b24363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).