---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 35 to Constable Raye Hawkins."
description: "Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 35 to Constable Raye Hawkins."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2545"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2545 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Highways and Transportation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e93b36-1fdc-4968-88ba-a5bd676ba81d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Chassaniol.xml"
source_hash: "6a981560bc7a922343ed2d28a748b9593126e8feacfaba585802e822acd49603"
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 2545 (2023) — Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 35 to Constable Raye Hawkins.

## 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/SB2545IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2545PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2545SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Transportation;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: TR To AP
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To TR
- **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
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+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/38e93b36-1fdc-4968-88ba-a5bd676ba81d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).