---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount."
description: "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2759"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2759 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968d2eb4-3bb4-4ce7-a3c6-a996e24f31d6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "c4df03d0dc395027a835d982fe3b66f74d54a1f47a8e14687706ded34d88f1b3"
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 2759 (2021) — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly 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/2700-2799/SB2759IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2759.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2759PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2759_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2759CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2759SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **110–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Blount — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Mims, McGee, Hopkins)
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+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/968d2eb4-3bb4-4ce7-a3c6-a996e24f31d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).