---
type: "Bill"
title: "Menaced property; authorize municipalities to secure abandoned or dilapidated buildings on such property."
description: "Menaced property; authorize municipalities to secure abandoned or dilapidated buildings on such property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 616"
citation: "Mississippi HB 616 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c4b3fe-0883-4aa1-b0ed-82112449e3de"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Crudup.xml"
source_hash: "9e490bf668b49130042166a6cb9edccd4adb06aa054997f6dca76b6a6b681e7f"
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 616 (2022) — Menaced property; authorize municipalities to secure abandoned or dilapidated buildings on such property.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0616IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0616PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0616SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGee — primary (person)
- Crudup — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Rushing, Tullos)
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+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/89c4b3fe-0883-4aa1-b0ed-82112449e3de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).