---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Port Authority and other ports; delete repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting."
description: "State Port Authority and other ports; delete repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Mississippi HB 652 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ports and Marine Resources", "Ports", "Harbors and Airports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfeb735-a923-4707-9b1c-dbf560f744af"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Ford_(54th).xml"
source_hash: "df017ec665ea6b9153a4845b6882fcab9d2c4ace337e8ad1e43186a8644ffdee"
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 652 (2024) — State Port Authority and other ports; delete repealer on authority to use design-build method of contracting.

## 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/0600-0699/HB0652IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0652_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0652.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0652SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Hulum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports, Harbors and Airports `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Guice,Ford (54th),Fondren
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Thompson,Sparks,Ladner
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+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/3cfeb735-a923-4707-9b1c-dbf560f744af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).