---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and municipalities; authorize to offer Medicare-eligible employees supplemental compensation if employees secure Medicare."
description: "Counties and municipalities; authorize to offer Medicare-eligible employees supplemental compensation if employees secure Medicare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2189"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2189 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "County Affairs", "Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3abaa614-5178-46d2-a4a6-873ccb09c6e3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Hill.xml"
source_hash: "8844cb4cc19ef1ad60bebff2aae6f67362bca90b69b8859aa390ed0d9d27bf4e"
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 2189 (2021) — Counties and municipalities; authorize to offer Medicare-eligible employees supplemental compensation if employees secure Medicare.

## 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/SB/2100-2199/SB2189IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/SB2189_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2189PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2189SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **114–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs;Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: CA To MU
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: MU To CA
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+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/3abaa614-5178-46d2-a4a6-873ccb09c6e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).