---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boats and other vessels; update numbering requirements for compliance with federal regulations."
description: "Boats and other vessels; update numbering requirements for compliance with federal regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 2003"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2003 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ladner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df6b0d29-4279-4066-844b-85e60909ad2b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/Senate_authors/Ladner.xml"
source_hash: "62fcc76db7c28f2ec1565d11e57611fbde8ace121bb4fb0c67655d385d271e2d"
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 2003 (2025) — Boats and other vessels; update numbering requirements for compliance with federal regulations.

## 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/SB/2001-2099/SB2003IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2003PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2003CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2003SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ladner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ports and Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Failed
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+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/df6b0d29-4279-4066-844b-85e60909ad2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).