---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development."
description: "Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2164"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2164 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blount"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da51a0ac-c28b-4756-98b9-b6fcdc48a168"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Butler_(36th).xml"
source_hash: "32db32d555d2d07c1b63958b822fdaa5f9bd4f88d552d3985fbd45770c18fabe"
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 2164 (2023) — Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development.

## 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/2100-2199/SB2164IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2164PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2164SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blount — primary (person)
- Butler (36th) — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+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/da51a0ac-c28b-4756-98b9-b6fcdc48a168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).