---
type: "Bill"
title: "Walnut Grove; authorize Walnut Grove Correctional Authority to contract with the state to operate correctional facility."
description: "Walnut Grove; authorize Walnut Grove Correctional Authority to contract with the state to operate correctional facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1494 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa0a3d0-b96c-4f96-bb05-5d895615a811"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
source_hash: "6e40b85580df1d06c7634dc46333c5d4c15498bdc5718f363574cb8498be291b"
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 HB 1494 (2021) — Walnut Grove; authorize Walnut Grove Correctional Authority to contract with the state to operate correctional facility.

## 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/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1494IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1494.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1494PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB1494_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1494SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **108–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **100–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bounds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-05T05:00:00+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/efa0a3d0-b96c-4f96-bb05-5d895615a811`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).