---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting; allow air guns, air bows and pre-charged pneumatic weapons, and authorize special seasons for CWD sample collection."
description: "Hunting; allow air guns, air bows and pre-charged pneumatic weapons, and authorize special seasons for CWD sample collection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2010"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2010 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fef2bede-0910-4b0a-94e2-593c40ab65fb"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/Senate_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "a91fb21726cd1801931a8821e5a16bbbe7e968854c4c4a1086e0ce1fd6f2ad22"
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 SB 2010 (2022) — Hunting; allow air guns, air bows and pre-charged pneumatic weapons, and authorize special seasons for CWD sample collection.

## 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/SB/2001-2099/SB2010IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2010_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2010.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2010PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2010SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **118–2** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Whaley,Simmons (12th),Blackwell
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Kinkade,Barnett,Hale
- **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
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-13T05:00:00+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/fef2bede-0910-4b0a-94e2-593c40ab65fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).