---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public purchases; specify prequalification process for construction manager at risk soliciting bids for projects."
description: "Public purchases; specify prequalification process for construction manager at risk soliciting bids for projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2827"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2827 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18042b93-cade-4717-acaa-f5433b49bd19"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Harkins.xml"
source_hash: "85ecfc3f69be502efe986c2f35a4c5aab139a6a072a94c71b6ec317ecd717f14"
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 2827 (2021) — Public purchases; specify prequalification process for construction manager at risk soliciting bids for projects.

## 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/SB2827IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2827_H_Amend_02.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2827.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2827PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2827SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **115–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Workforce Development `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
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-05T05:00:00+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/18042b93-cade-4717-acaa-f5433b49bd19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).