---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; direct contributions to Management and Operations for the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education."
description: "Jackson County; direct contributions to Management and Operations for the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1497 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c957bc-081e-4d86-a848-c6d9965d3b15"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "b245fea1f3a84d5bf5b45145483d2f19ba4843f6e0a29f5ee742ca9d5be3c44c"
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 1497 (2021) — Jackson County; direct contributions to Management and Operations for the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education.

## 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/HB1497IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1497PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1497SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **112–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+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/d0c957bc-081e-4d86-a848-c6d9965d3b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).