---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation; extend repealer on requirement that audits be submitted by November 15."
description: "Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation; extend repealer on requirement that audits be submitted by November 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 256"
citation: "Mississippi HB 256 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d07c0b7a-0b7d-49e8-a64e-140745eab667"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Roberson.xml"
source_hash: "98e032400cfced0263b35275c258dbf4ffa3b0f09d83f602b59af804f33504b5"
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 256 (2023) — Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation; extend repealer on requirement that audits be submitted by November 15.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0256IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0256.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0256PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0256_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0256SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+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/d07c0b7a-0b7d-49e8-a64e-140745eab667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).