---
type: "Bill"
title: "16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing."
description: "16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Mississippi HB 246 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d63f648-0d0e-4f0a-8da3-48cef6c6113c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/McGee.xml"
source_hash: "88f26ef451d903cce7519885e04fd787e0480955c916b94b6c4c6097ea906dd8"
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 246 (2025) — 16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0246IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0246.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0246PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB0246_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0246SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T06:00:00+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`
- **2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-10T05:00:00+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/0d63f648-0d0e-4f0a-8da3-48cef6c6113c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).