---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto."
description: "Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2695"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2695 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d05ca94c-72a9-40ed-980f-06e8638786a7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Simmons_(12th).xml"
source_hash: "a41fccd9365aae55398338e8b020640ef7b84ca89ea631daa2f6a047834fc2ca"
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 2695 (2024) — Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.

## 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/2600-2699/SB2695IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2695** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2695.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **119–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBar — primary (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (McCarty, Roberson)
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **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
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,Robinson,McMahan
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Roberson,Fondren,Hurst
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-10T05:00:00+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/d05ca94c-72a9-40ed-980f-06e8638786a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).