---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; revise definition of \"capital improvements\", extend repealer on MDA authority to use certain funds for expenses."
description: "Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; revise definition of \"capital improvements\", extend repealer on MDA authority to use certain funds for expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1461 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d186d6a4-7b7b-4d41-b4bb-5f0800683c60"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Lamar.xml"
source_hash: "5d8daf839d6e5c3832324244aaa850cf4a8711fcdbe9a2b4c2bb2c3116431d31"
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 1461 (2025) — Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; revise definition of "capital improvements", extend repealer on MDA authority to use certain funds for expenses.

## 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/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1461IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1461.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1461PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1461_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1461SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Lamar,Steverson,Aguirre
- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Harkins,Johnson,England
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+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/d186d6a4-7b7b-4d41-b4bb-5f0800683c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).