---
type: "Bill"
title: "USM; clarify authority to enter into insurance agreement for protection of property at the state port at Gulfport."
description: "USM; clarify authority to enter into insurance agreement for protection of property at the state port at Gulfport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 877"
citation: "Mississippi HB 877 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weathersby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3661dd4b-62a4-49ad-b673-770d5d05b5b0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Weathersby.xml"
source_hash: "232c6aed1e5f2ac905a63e3f7d242bb1402f535793f0e1fee589f9cd09a07539"
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 877 (2023) — USM; clarify authority to enter into insurance agreement for protection of property at the state port at Gulfport.

## 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/0800-0899/HB0877IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0877PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0877CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0877SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weathersby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+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/3661dd4b-62a4-49ad-b673-770d5d05b5b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).