---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property exemption; revise provisions regarding property belonging to certain foundations."
description: "Property exemption; revise provisions regarding property belonging to certain foundations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2697"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2697 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Affairs", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa4952c-4efc-4b03-ac77-99ea9e76f97d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Williams.xml"
source_hash: "d066a1a17c8c81b56c359e1cadae57a6e714dd765440c5852858ed89cf3ee920"
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 2697 (2024) — Property exemption; revise provisions regarding property belonging to certain foundations.

## 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/SB2697IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/SB2697_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2697.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2697PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2697_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2697SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `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 Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+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/aaa4952c-4efc-4b03-ac77-99ea9e76f97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).