---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 51 to Deputy Joe Kenneth Cosby."
description: "Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 51 to Deputy Joe Kenneth Cosby."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2546"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2546 (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/612fcd01-d7d6-4065-a44e-0297b8a7b202"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Chassaniol.xml"
source_hash: "cbe84cb9a7ac3a8bc9e8eca45a0dbec8185be3940ac23a80d2bc05a2e923a710"
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 2546 (2023) — Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 51 to Deputy Joe Kenneth Cosby.

## 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/SB2546IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2546PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2546SG.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
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+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/612fcd01-d7d6-4065-a44e-0297b8a7b202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).