---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Forestry Commission; authorize to electronically accept bids for timber sales."
description: "Mississippi Forestry Commission; authorize to electronically accept bids for timber sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 299"
citation: "Mississippi HB 299 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56cf4239-a925-4c15-94a3-db7478623e01"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
source_hash: "72af08c0de164e9b2941012b562d5b67fcfe1c3a27d848db254ea653f49f0c12"
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 299 (2024) — Mississippi Forestry Commission; authorize to electronically accept bids for timber sales.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0299IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/HB0299_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0299PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0299SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bounds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+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/56cf4239-a925-4c15-94a3-db7478623e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).