---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; additional to MDA for certain projects."
description: "Appropriation; additional to MDA for certain projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "20242E"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Mississippi HB 2 (20242E)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eea1c9f-9eb6-45e6-94fc-6aae3105e727"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20242E/pdf/House_authors/Blackmon.xml"
source_hash: "0c1b13a60ede0ebddb4d0f141a7c84b5d8afc6ccfa8e43060b70ac0e42f922a2"
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 HB 2 (20242E) — Appropriation; additional to MDA for certain projects.

## 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/20242E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0002IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20242E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0002PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20242E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0002SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **121–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway (27th) — cosponsor (person)
- Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Mansell — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Yates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+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/1eea1c9f-9eb6-45e6-94fc-6aae3105e727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).