---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records; award attorney's fees for duplicative requests."
description: "Public records; award attorney's fees for duplicative requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2620"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2620 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
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/4d981bf3-3ad8-4f75-aaee-eac13e855b40"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/Senate_authors/Thompson.xml"
source_hash: "4b7eef10ef50ea2d3f361c1d60383608f56f2f700a37a36047cccefc6569ba29"
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 2620 (2022) — Public records; award attorney's fees for duplicative requests.

## 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/2600-2699/SB2620IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2620_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2620.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2620PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2620SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **111–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+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
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,England
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Hood
- **2022-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Banks
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+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
- **2022-04-18T05:00:00+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/4d981bf3-3ad8-4f75-aaee-eac13e855b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).