---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bottom land leasing for oyster production; create a pilot program for."
description: "Bottom land leasing for oyster production; create a pilot program for."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 972"
citation: "Mississippi HB 972 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ladner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c5ac10-041e-431c-89d4-17d13ddde24c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Ladner.xml"
source_hash: "c5e2b86a77129e43886edbd108eae05793af0c201a88085fb2d99a911953cbed"
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 972 (2022) — Bottom land leasing for oyster production; create a pilot program for.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0972IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0972.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0972PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB0972_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0972CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0972SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ladner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **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/66c5ac10-041e-431c-89d4-17d13ddde24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).