---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation; delete repealer on harvest permit authorization and fees."
description: "Transportation; delete repealer on harvest permit authorization and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2559"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2559 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Transportation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Branning"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7b3bdd-3536-43c4-880d-122950d88042"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "5f8c59078675f14baafe1c2510358369e073b7fe0b9cb62c56cbefba63099db5"
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 2559 (2023) — Transportation; delete repealer on harvest permit authorization and fees.

## 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/SB2559IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2559.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2559PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2559_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2559SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Branning — primary (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 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Branning,Williams,Whaley
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Busby,Massengill,Smith
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 61
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/fd7b3bdd-3536-43c4-880d-122950d88042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).