---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; authorize to expand or merge existing lighting districts."
description: "Jackson County; authorize to expand or merge existing lighting districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2909"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2909 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seymour"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29deb4c-ef82-4802-8b8b-af13e7c660ff"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Seymour.xml"
source_hash: "2c9e6b216995c2ed5145dca60aedb377bee4dce40ed0938afe01952a78ea988a"
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 2909 (2020) — Jackson County; authorize to expand or merge existing lighting districts.

## 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/2900-2999/SB2909IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2909PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2909SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Seymour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/e29deb4c-ef82-4802-8b8b-af13e7c660ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).