---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public."
description: "Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2940"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2940 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb8044bb-396a-4b73-90c7-0ddc6577e1dc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Chism.xml"
source_hash: "f7749204942c7e242e1f82c958e49f2a2d78d3fd21fbb6a3581a7e530ad6a5a3"
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 2940 (2021) — Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.

## 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/SB2940IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2940.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2940PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2940_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2940SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **119–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — 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
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+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/bb8044bb-396a-4b73-90c7-0ddc6577e1dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).