---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve\" and \"Gollott Island/Godfather Point\"; Department of Marine Resources designate."
description: "\"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve\" and \"Gollott Island/Godfather Point\"; Department of Marine Resources designate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2530"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2530 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blount"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1586f2ed-7fa3-4405-84d4-c3bea7be0502"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "4915b2eb6318a01e1b21ca2695f5b88a0a4a5d413a6b02910bc0f3193e9ad469"
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 2530 (2023) — "Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2530IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/SB2530_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2530.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2530PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2530_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2530SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blount — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Butler (36th) — cosponsor (person)
- Butler (38th) — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Caughman — cosponsor (person)
- Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fillingane — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hopson — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McDaniel — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sojourner — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `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
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Moran,Thompson,DeLano
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Ladner,Felsher,Crawford
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **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/1586f2ed-7fa3-4405-84d4-c3bea7be0502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).