---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds."
description: "Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2865"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2865 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5bd344d-0fa6-41e5-82d5-9700fe830eac"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "0f8c662f882c8a964dc0e7ed50117032e0c9a31d8a56fb1f8f0a7fe4b94aabbc"
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 2865 (2022) — Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds.

## 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/SB2865IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2865.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2865PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/SB2865_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2865SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **114–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Butler (36th) — cosponsor (person)
- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — 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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-16T05:00:00+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 Hopson,Polk,Sparks
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Oliver,White
- **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** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 89
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-19T05:00:00+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/d5bd344d-0fa6-41e5-82d5-9700fe830eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).