---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial crabbing licenses; applicable to boat instead of each fisherman."
description: "Commercial crabbing licenses; applicable to boat instead of each fisherman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2550"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2550 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b8d0bb1-4c1c-40cc-a8a7-c7c8606e283e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Carter.xml"
source_hash: "db92dffc552e9e3316514388234fb9c7fe7f5ed639aec304ad41ff9f9d9599f4"
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 2550 (2023) — Commercial crabbing licenses; applicable to boat instead of each fisherman.

## 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/SB2550IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2550PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2550SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moran — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — 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`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+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/3b8d0bb1-4c1c-40cc-a8a7-c7c8606e283e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).