---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pretrial Intervention Program; prohibit eligibility for persons charged with public embezzlement over a certain amount."
description: "Pretrial Intervention Program; prohibit eligibility for persons charged with public embezzlement over a certain amount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2552"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2552 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55ed005c-0457-4020-94b4-520462f82a12"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "886c6b953f4257ca10a1e3707e93d4415bd15802e2fdb0a82facecb03ca7a4f7"
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 2552 (2021) — Pretrial Intervention Program; prohibit eligibility for persons charged with public embezzlement over a certain amount.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2552IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2552PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2552CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2552SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+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
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/55ed005c-0457-4020-94b4-520462f82a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).