---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salvage or abandoned vehicles; authorize disposition by auction firms on behalf of insurers."
description: "Salvage or abandoned vehicles; authorize disposition by auction firms on behalf of insurers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2603"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2603 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
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/bf817503-dda1-49c4-9eb8-036ad99988ed"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Michel.xml"
source_hash: "669a155486a84fec3da35dd45699a1e614617c38ce4ee1747d84d63244893629"
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 2603 (2021) — Salvage or abandoned vehicles; authorize disposition by auction firms on behalf of insurers.

## 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/2600-2699/SB2603IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2603PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2603SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+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 House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+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
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/bf817503-dda1-49c4-9eb8-036ad99988ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).