---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson State University; authorize to expand physical boundaries to promote safety on campus."
description: "Jackson State University; authorize to expand physical boundaries to promote safety on campus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1568"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1568 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations A", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed1860cd-9cc7-4452-b064-94ded314a21f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(65th).xml"
source_hash: "6882e7bc85b2ab602e9b3e63bc439b4158fcec7220024a693b75b51e8d6665f6"
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 HB 1568 (2024) — Jackson State University; authorize to expand physical boundaries to promote safety on campus.

## 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/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1568IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1568PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1568CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1568SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Butler-Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: UC To AP
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: AP To UC
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-20T05:00:00+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/ed1860cd-9cc7-4452-b064-94ded314a21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).