---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement."
description: "Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2311"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2311 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "County Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c3c2438-630b-47fc-9863-99ae29b32cab"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Barrett.xml"
source_hash: "d46a826855fff768a094423ad3474fa81864f673634c86681f0a319f172e75dc"
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 2311 (2024) — Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.

## 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/2300-2399/SB2311IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/SB2311_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/SB2311_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2311PS.htm)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2311CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2311SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **49–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **111–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **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 House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: CA To AC
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AC To CA
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Turner, Byrd, Smith)
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider W/Drawn
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+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/3c3c2438-630b-47fc-9863-99ae29b32cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).