---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bonds; authorize issuance for various purposes."
description: "Bonds; authorize issuance for various purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1983"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1983 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b610d9b1-84f7-4d70-9f69-4e72fed3c6c6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "e78d509caf4723ed541cfccd8aa9e622f00158ad744edce12c0c9504df864384"
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 1983 (2024) — Bonds; authorize issuance for various purposes.

## 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/1900-1999/HB1983IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1983** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1983.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1983PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB1983_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1983SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `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** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Bell (21st)
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Johnson,Kirby
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 64
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+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/b610d9b1-84f7-4d70-9f69-4e72fed3c6c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).