---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical cannabis act; set additional provisions related to background checks, department investigations, fees and appeals."
description: "Medical cannabis act; set additional provisions related to background checks, department investigations, fees and appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2857"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2857 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce", "Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
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/544d36f7-1dbc-4530-84cf-fca63e9b801b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "b820e89e214c615a98fb970a8ca08ed189414092887022c1037a58a9af7c1f29"
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 2857 (2024) — Medical cannabis act; set additional provisions related to background checks, department investigations, fees and appeals.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2857IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2857.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2857PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2857_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2857SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–3** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **104–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **115–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Commerce;Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: BC To PH
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: PH To BC
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+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
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Blackwell,Johnson
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Yancey,Calvert,Hawkins
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2024-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+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/544d36f7-1dbc-4530-84cf-fca63e9b801b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).