---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Mental Health; authorize DFA to sell and convey certain real property on behalf of to City of Water Valley, MS."
description: "State Board of Mental Health; authorize DFA to sell and convey certain real property on behalf of to City of Water Valley, MS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 974"
citation: "Mississippi HB 974 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creekmore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdc51cef-1de2-4d6a-b419-c20d819dfdce"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Creekmore_IV.xml"
source_hash: "46b3a3bc1a1091981ae63d3e8aeff0624ec0e908b1c362107c24f10fcd6bbb50"
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 974 (2024) — State Board of Mental Health; authorize DFA to sell and convey certain real property on behalf of to City of Water Valley, MS.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0974IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/HB0974_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0974.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0974PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0974_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0974SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creekmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Karriem, Bennett, Newman)
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: PP To AP
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **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/fdc51cef-1de2-4d6a-b419-c20d819dfdce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).