---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic documents; provide recording procedure for counties without electronic-recording capability."
description: "Electronic documents; provide recording procedure for counties without electronic-recording capability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2638"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2638 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaughn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5dc65da-e9f8-41ef-9be0-5f869cebdeea"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/McCaughn.xml"
source_hash: "bbdd05a9664f187f34e206187c4e371e732d96301b0d5620c029130fe987b09e"
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 2638 (2021) — Electronic documents; provide recording procedure for counties without electronic-recording capability.

## 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/SB2638IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2638.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2638PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2638_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2638SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCaughn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `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
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,McCaughn,Turner-Ford
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Aguirre,Reynolds
- **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
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+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/c5dc65da-e9f8-41ef-9be0-5f869cebdeea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).