---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Workforce Development; revise how MS Works funds may be spent by and certain collaborations with."
description: "Office of Workforce Development; revise how MS Works funds may be spent by and certain collaborations with."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2723"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2723 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Workforce Development", "Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e08cdab-48fb-44ef-8ee3-68b61c9f662d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Blount.xml"
source_hash: "420d0919a08cc6b707fb361278b8854c5c3b6c0c51a7e9a2346e7c13cd225083"
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 2723 (2022) — Office of Workforce Development; revise how MS Works funds may be spent by and certain collaborations with.

## 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/2700-2799/SB2723IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2723.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2723_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parker — primary (person)
- Blount — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Economic and Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **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
- **2022-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Parker,England,Younger
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bell (21st),Hale,White
- **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
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bell (21st), Walker)
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-20T05:00:00+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/6e08cdab-48fb-44ef-8ee3-68b61c9f662d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).