---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody."
description: "Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2703"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2703 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0566fa29-f00e-4003-835f-540be8e5f1f0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Norwood.xml"
source_hash: "491257652c423caaad34f2415e29dd20c5cc9fd7e3c4a6677ef0f68b5733aabd"
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 2703 (2023) — Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.

## 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/2700-2799/SB2703IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2703_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2703.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2703PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2703SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **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/0566fa29-f00e-4003-835f-540be8e5f1f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).