---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; additional to the Revenue, Dep of-MS Medical Cannabis Act."
description: "Appropriation; additional to the Revenue, Dep of-MS Medical Cannabis Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2966"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2966 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d824388-093c-448c-b590-86c473214c86"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/Senate_authors/Hopson.xml"
source_hash: "cce3b4a25a71810c7fc4a64abab79b4a2fe31b10206a5c4c150a3a038204757b"
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 2966 (2022) — Appropriation; additional to the Revenue, Dep of-MS Medical Cannabis Act.

## 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/2900-2999/SB2966IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2966PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2966SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **111–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+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/9d824388-093c-448c-b590-86c473214c86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).