---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists."
description: "Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2053"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2053 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Polk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ebc810-db7b-4c7a-b43b-acc0000c115f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Butler_(36th).xml"
source_hash: "15c7472373399f143449a03013785d7e86a6085214a65f2f42658698016f6b6d"
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 2053 (2023) — Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists.

## 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/SB/2001-2099/SB2053IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2053_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2053.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2053PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2053SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **98–10** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Polk — primary (person)
- Butler (36th) — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Polk,Thompson,Turner-Ford
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd (19th),Sanford,Turner
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+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/91ebc810-db7b-4c7a-b43b-acc0000c115f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).