---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forestry permits; allow MDOT to issue for transporting of forestry-related equipment."
description: "Forestry permits; allow MDOT to issue for transporting of forestry-related equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2716"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2716 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry", "Transportation", "Highways and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54aed884-4eef-400b-989f-ede942d1e228"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "82ca9630abec16a85f57c40902c0d297d6325d82c6ea7080d67dff4c23aade32"
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 2716 (2020) — Forestry permits; allow MDOT to issue for transporting of forestry-related equipment.

## 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/SB/2700-2799/SB2716IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2716PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2716CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2716SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+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** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry;Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: FO To TR
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: TR To FO
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+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/54aed884-4eef-400b-989f-ede942d1e228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).