---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Optometry, Board of."
description: "Appropriation; Optometry, Board of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1589 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7521b0bc-ecfe-4ab5-b34f-11a8eea2b624"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
source_hash: "c467acba63604785dab0fcccf52e25fddbad5caec837c5343887aaf58d5327b7"
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 1589 (2022) — Appropriation; Optometry, Board 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/2022/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1589IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1589.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1589PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB1589_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1589SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Bounds — cosponsor (person)
- Busby — cosponsor (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Haney — cosponsor (person)
- Hines — cosponsor (person)
- Huddleston — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ladner — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Oliver,Currie
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Jackson (11th),Parker
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+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/7521b0bc-ecfe-4ab5-b34f-11a8eea2b624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).