---
type: "Bill"
title: "State and Interstate highways; authorize Mississippi Transportation Commission and counties to contract for counties to maintain."
description: "State and Interstate highways; authorize Mississippi Transportation Commission and counties to contract for counties to maintain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1185 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Affairs", "Highways and Transportation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa6ac25-86ac-4268-99f6-6e657d3bf47a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(54th).xml"
source_hash: "d5e767900f8b8dbba47d727b383566f39335e82189c773f01f1043d0ad2a68e0"
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 1185 (2022) — State and Interstate highways; authorize Mississippi Transportation Commission and counties to contract for counties to maintain.

## 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/1100-1199/HB1185IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB1185_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1185.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1185PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1185SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Transportation;County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: TR To CA
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: CA To TR
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation;County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: HI To CA
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Busby,Massengill,Byrd
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Branning,Whaley,Butler (36th)
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Branning,DeLano,Butler (36th)
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/bfa6ac25-86ac-4268-99f6-6e657d3bf47a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).