---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on WFP; allow to extend open seasons ending Friday until 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday."
description: "Commission on WFP; allow to extend open seasons ending Friday until 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2723"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2723 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59cc6b8-c1fe-46a6-b322-73fde7ac2dad"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml"
source_hash: "d4b4b6f85115f744deaa9e5871ad27a64cc2ab6b022ffc55b16d355ee65a85f0"
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 2723 (2020) — Commission on WFP; allow to extend open seasons ending Friday until 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday.

## 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/SB2723IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+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/a59cc6b8-c1fe-46a6-b322-73fde7ac2dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).