---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biomass and Bioenergy with carbon capture technology; define."
description: "Biomass and Bioenergy with carbon capture technology; define."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2059"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2059 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaughn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d9d6d35-02ee-433f-bd3b-446aa64ee775"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/McCaughn.xml"
source_hash: "5322e991e40da26dab04c5c9502b8d0fe65bfe11a0aa58aa8c5851bc63609924"
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 SB 2059 (2024) — Biomass and Bioenergy with carbon capture technology; define.

## 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/SB/2001-2099/SB2059IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2059PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2059SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **82–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCaughn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+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** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+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/3d9d6d35-02ee-433f-bd3b-446aa64ee775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).