---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting and fishing licenses; allow inclusion of organ donor registration."
description: "Hunting and fishing licenses; allow inclusion of organ donor registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2505"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2505 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whaley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
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/9ccfd829-4141-49ed-839d-b2cc20658f56"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/England.xml"
source_hash: "b4668b0f1c6c2daab76c11465b2c74a13c1378db02a480966f48f4b7918d9c12"
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 2505 (2022) — Hunting and fishing licenses; allow inclusion of organ donor registration.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2505IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2505_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2505.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2505PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2505SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **115–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whaley — primary (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+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,Suber,Younger
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+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
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/9ccfd829-4141-49ed-839d-b2cc20658f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).