---
type: "Bill"
title: "PERS; increase maximum percentage of investments of system that are in certain types of investments."
description: "PERS; increase maximum percentage of investments of system that are in certain types of investments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Mississippi HB 252 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oliver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/239b1cf8-d76d-4138-9f5d-f6d647b0d3af"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Hale.xml"
source_hash: "5c4f96d20d0a9087ea6ff891dea3cd83b47067ceca43018c7bc150de007a13b6"
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 252 (2022) — PERS; increase maximum percentage of investments of system that are in certain types of investments.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0252IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0252PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0252SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oliver — primary (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+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/239b1cf8-d76d-4138-9f5d-f6d647b0d3af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).