---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officials and employees; allow Department of Revenue appraisers to receive same pay increases as county tax assessors."
description: "Public officials and employees; allow Department of Revenue appraisers to receive same pay increases as county tax assessors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2816"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2816 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Appropriations", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
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/3dcd3ac6-3b4d-4f86-b35a-e102de4e1c7d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "bf36e0776d157c0fb780446c9375cf528dd244eaf3eeb3eacaae8191969a2d0f"
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 2816 (2021) — Public officials and employees; allow Department of Revenue appraisers to receive same pay increases as county tax assessors.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2816IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2816.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2816PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2816_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2816SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **111–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **112–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `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 Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To AP
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To AC
- **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
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Johnson,Whaley
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd,Criswell,Hopkins
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+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/3dcd3ac6-3b4d-4f86-b35a-e102de4e1c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).