---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public official appointments; revise terms of office and appointment procedures on certain state boards, districts and agencies."
description: "Public official appointments; revise terms of office and appointment procedures on certain state boards, districts and agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2799"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2799 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Structure", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1650f605-e5e2-43d5-a1bc-895ee0424910"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Sparks.xml"
source_hash: "e314b4cbf551782b2b0996d2fe238946d402180484001fba6793432d1140cbc1"
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 2799 (2024) — Public official appointments; revise terms of office and appointment procedures on certain state boards, districts and agencies.

## 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/2700-2799/SB2799IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2799_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2799.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2799_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2799SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **77–30** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Government Structure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Hines, Zuber, Johnson)
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Johnson,Sparks,Norwood
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Zuber,Johnson,Massengill
- **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** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+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
- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+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/1650f605-e5e2-43d5-a1bc-895ee0424910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).