---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchasing law; revise threshold for bid requirement and clarify use of reverse auction."
description: "Purchasing law; revise threshold for bid requirement and clarify use of reverse auction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2371"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2371 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirby"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f02917c0-ff48-4f1a-be54-57fccd9cb114"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/Senate_authors/Kirby.xml"
source_hash: "d920cfc99fbbed743e7d471ce608ad223a5cecdae2c686a47108440f59be6e9d"
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 2371 (2022) — Purchasing law; revise threshold for bid requirement and clarify use of reverse auction.

## 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/2300-2399/SB2371IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2371_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2371.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2371PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2371CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2371SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **115–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **110–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Polk,Butler (36th),Parks
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bell (21st),White,McCarty
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/f02917c0-ff48-4f1a-be54-57fccd9cb114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).