---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2916"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2916 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82d61651-d899-4bf1-8765-3e14933ea715"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(32nd).xml"
source_hash: "5ef1927908f1e1e369e69ff7b6fb99ecee5791c8fa657d8ad8f7c21532ff48ac"
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 2916 (2021) — Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.

## 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/2900-2999/SB2916IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2916.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2916PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2916_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2916SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **119–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Wiggins,Jackson (11th)
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Cockerham,Hines
- **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** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+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
- **2021-04-16T05:00:00+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/82d61651-d899-4bf1-8765-3e14933ea715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).