---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2937"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2937 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cbe3144-0b7f-4ec6-ac44-68e3b57e4a2f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(32nd).xml"
source_hash: "63552d136f4491a0d7c71541fc5af49b8b46e6d761d7390bdeca40bedaaedda9"
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 2937 (2020) — Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.

## 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/SB2937IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2937.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2937PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2937_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2937SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Wiggins,Tate
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Cockerham,Hines
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-06T05:00:00+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/0cbe3144-0b7f-4ec6-ac44-68e3b57e4a2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).