---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Belmont; authorize to expand and operate natural gas distribution system to serve certain areas of Itawamba County."
description: "Town of Belmont; authorize to expand and operate natural gas distribution system to serve certain areas of Itawamba County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2985"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2985 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6ea5bf-8a1f-4baa-b42e-8594e09163a3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Sparks.xml"
source_hash: "1282a5059c6e699c4f3f16245ca75153b9a2c68ce509669c2f6705dbfeb274a2"
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 2985 (2020) — Town of Belmont; authorize to expand and operate natural gas distribution system to serve certain areas of Itawamba County.

## 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/SB2985IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2985PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2985SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-18T05:00:00+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/cd6ea5bf-8a1f-4baa-b42e-8594e09163a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).