---
type: "Bill"
title: "Proposals and requests for qualifications; simplify the receipt and registration process."
description: "Proposals and requests for qualifications; simplify the receipt and registration process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2486"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2486 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Government Structure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adc0a50-7d6c-470e-af83-1e39c2791f47"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "03abe1abdf99955fbb7fbb6e2f1b615023d498ad1fce66161d15b44de62eb040"
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 2486 (2024) — Proposals and requests for qualifications; simplify the receipt and registration process.

## 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/2400-2499/SB2486IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2486.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2486PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2486_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2486SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Government Structure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Johnson,Sparks,Blount
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Ford (54th),Porter,Mansell
- **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
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+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/8adc0a50-7d6c-470e-af83-1e39c2791f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).