---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on."
description: "Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 515"
citation: "Mississippi HB 515 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69b89976-b9c9-4454-a65a-f3f6b890cda3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Roberson.xml"
source_hash: "c0c3f349af229228efedc8a6c55de8a569f6b2645335a14460e911a448fb65aa"
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 515 (2022) — Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on.

## 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/0500-0599/HB0515IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0515PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0515SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+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/69b89976-b9c9-4454-a65a-f3f6b890cda3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).