---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations; revise certain FY 2024 appropriations and direct transfers."
description: "Appropriations; revise certain FY 2024 appropriations and direct transfers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1704"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1704 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7b77a2-3da1-4baa-af84-46280c5bb600"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Boyd_(19th).xml"
source_hash: "6db7a0c9ae8ed410b31f0206b44fac303ecb3eacc8f15b3a1320425b0ff39008"
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 1704 (2024) — Appropriations; revise certain FY 2024 appropriations and direct transfers.

## 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/1700-1799/HB1704IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1704PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1704CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1704SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Boyd (19th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+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/2e7b77a2-3da1-4baa-af84-46280c5bb600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).