---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Controlled Substances Act; automatically schedule any federally-scheduled, COVID-19 drug."
description: "Uniform Controlled Substances Act; automatically schedule any federally-scheduled, COVID-19 drug."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 3056"
citation: "Mississippi SB 3056 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daefdc72-8902-4f7c-a39b-781965ec2ea0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Harkins.xml"
source_hash: "b9467b32a34a115dfdf1fd3aaa40e6d6db6aa5ba79ab7e005c2d9cbf6910ae38"
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 3056 (2020) — Uniform Controlled Substances Act; automatically schedule any federally-scheduled, COVID-19 drug.

## 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/3000-3099/SB3056IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3056PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3056SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 69
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-10-08T05:00:00+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/daefdc72-8902-4f7c-a39b-781965ec2ea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).