---
type: "Bill"
title: "Panola County; authorize to construct or acquire jail anywhere in county and authorize certain lease-purchase agreement."
description: "Panola County; authorize to construct or acquire jail anywhere in county and authorize certain lease-purchase agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1963"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1963 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2acba2c-c619-4757-b6cc-ac2db6376172"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Hawkins.xml"
source_hash: "fc4d25d7932919d2d646b4b66bc449267d9520908a9e837612c7a7e942830925"
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 1963 (2025) — Panola County; authorize to construct or acquire jail anywhere in county and authorize certain lease-purchase agreement.

## 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/1900-1999/HB1963IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1963PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1963SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+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/c2acba2c-c619-4757-b6cc-ac2db6376172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).