---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations; additional appropriations for Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL)."
description: "Appropriations; additional appropriations for Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2879"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2879 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edf2704b-8b88-47ea-90ad-72d24a5de1e1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Hopson.xml"
source_hash: "e8a44ca9c5ce5093e29738d2395ce277df34066b377bb3a170450a2079ef248c"
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 2879 (2021) — Appropriations; additional appropriations for Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL).

## 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/SB2879IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/SB2879_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2879.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2879PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2879_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2879CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2879SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+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/edf2704b-8b88-47ea-90ad-72d24a5de1e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).