---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marshall County; authorize contributions to 501(c)(3) organizations operating food pantries."
description: "Marshall County; authorize contributions to 501(c)(3) organizations operating food pantries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 3257"
citation: "Mississippi SB 3257 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whaley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/066c9e59-886d-4848-b017-ab059bb93617"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/Senate_authors/Whaley.xml"
source_hash: "f5596048f440f591f0a131f667d1cf8d741250e3a1870b3eaab53cdc4b021ca0"
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 3257 (2025) — Marshall County; authorize contributions to 501(c)(3) organizations operating food pantries.

## 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/3200-3299/SB3257IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB3257_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3257PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/3200-3299/SB3257SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whaley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2025-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Barnett, Hines)
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **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/066c9e59-886d-4848-b017-ab059bb93617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).