---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and municipalities; authorize to lease facilities that are to be utilized as fire stations."
description: "Counties and municipalities; authorize to lease facilities that are to be utilized as fire stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1097"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1097 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Affairs", "Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e2a8db-17a9-4716-bad3-dc504b8342ab"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "4ab2359d6147beb9781efefa7492fe3f86ab1f4b924fc67a3041b87d8e41d179"
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 HB 1097 (2022) — Counties and municipalities; authorize to lease facilities that are to be utilized as fire stations.

## 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/2022/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1097IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1097PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1097SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Evans (45th) — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
- Steverson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs;Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: CA To MU
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: MU To CA
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs;Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: CA To MU
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+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/c2e2a8db-17a9-4716-bad3-dc504b8342ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).