---
type: "Bill"
title: "Former First Christian Church property within the Capitol Complex; authorize DFA to purchase."
description: "Former First Christian Church property within the Capitol Complex; authorize DFA to purchase."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2723"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2723 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turner-Ford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
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/ed58af86-7cdb-47cd-bb1b-9ad5a451a0e6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Turner-Ford.xml"
source_hash: "fbdafec28200badc1d217b00835f80587065500c52ed97de0b28f3b25c98d2ce"
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 2723 (2023) — Former First Christian Church property within the Capitol Complex; authorize DFA to purchase.

## 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/SB2723IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2723.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2723_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2723SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **108–9** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turner-Ford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: PP To AP
- **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 Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+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
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+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/ed58af86-7cdb-47cd-bb1b-9ad5a451a0e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).