---
type: "Bill"
title: "Approval of oyster leases by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; clarify authority."
description: "Approval of oyster leases by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; clarify authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 2263"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2263 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine Resources", "Ports and Marine Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ladner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/778314b3-26b2-4cdf-add0-7b668a98ffb1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/Senate_authors/Ladner.xml"
source_hash: "825a4bcf6383f55de028a6d55b600ec62b9a9e4bad9a374c79b2f02904a9cff0"
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 2263 (2025) — Approval of oyster leases by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; clarify authority.

## 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/2200-2299/SB2263IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2263.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2263PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/SB2263_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2263CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2263SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ladner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20T06:00:00+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 Adopted `substitution`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2025-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Marine Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Thompson,England,Ladner
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Anderson (122nd),Ladner,McKnight
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Anderson (122nd), Hulum)
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-07T05:00:00+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/778314b3-26b2-4cdf-add0-7b668a98ffb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).