---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; create and require MDOH to establish and administer."
description: "COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; create and require MDOH to establish and administer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2820"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2820 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f444a41-12b3-4a33-a89d-90bebc490e92"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/DeBar.xml"
source_hash: "188aefdb6fe1c3f647c125502fde907b24882bf138870fafc23579ba073730eb"
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 2820 (2022) — COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; create and require MDOH to establish and administer.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2820IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2820.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2820PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2820_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2820CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2820SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **112–8** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)
- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+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
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Polk,Fillingane
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Mims,McGee,Scoggin
- **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** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 89
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+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
- **2022-04-25T05:00:00+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/4f444a41-12b3-4a33-a89d-90bebc490e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).