---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shellfish aquaculture farms; authorize Department of Marine Resources to license."
description: "Shellfish aquaculture farms; authorize Department of Marine Resources to license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2476"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2476 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a4df64-8f0d-4827-ad4b-b4f43200495b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Thompson.xml"
source_hash: "d7cf38291962806ff74d0f0d4f791aa97361db2ed6db0d298c57543ff3cfbf46"
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 2476 (2022) — Shellfish aquaculture farms; authorize Department of Marine Resources to license.

## 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/2400-2499/SB2476IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2476.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2476PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2476_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2476SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **118–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moran — primary (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `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
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Moran,Thompson,England
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Ladner,Felsher,McKnight
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+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/f0a4df64-8f0d-4827-ad4b-b4f43200495b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).