---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions of funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery."
description: "City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions of funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1711"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1711 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fa9fbd-d51b-4e43-a4d7-3d3196fb852d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Denton.xml"
source_hash: "564d3d322b5b8a4ed2d401d04eef17c93042d3a744905b531f967530f23eeea8"
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 HB 1711 (2023) — City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions of funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1711IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1711PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1711SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **107–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denton — primary (person)
- Ford (54th) — cosponsor (person)
- Harness — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+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/a5fa9fbd-d51b-4e43-a4d7-3d3196fb852d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).