---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community or junior colleges; authorize to administer construction contracts of $1,000,000.00 or less, and exempt certain oversight."
description: "Community or junior colleges; authorize to administer construction contracts of $1,000,000.00 or less, and exempt certain oversight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 82"
citation: "Mississippi HB 82 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scoggin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d3810c-1c87-43bc-86c9-1713d7cbb6ef"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Scoggin.xml"
source_hash: "a7dc94561a8d68bd432ea1a91a6dbba325cd7543afa6036cef46068762dc03af"
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 82 (2021) — Community or junior colleges; authorize to administer construction contracts of $1,000,000.00 or less, and exempt certain oversight.

## 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/0001-0099/HB0082IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0082.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0082PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0082_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0082SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scoggin — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Huddleston,Scoggin,Bounds
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Barnett,Kirby
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-09T05:00:00+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/37d3810c-1c87-43bc-86c9-1713d7cbb6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).