---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Transportation, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Transportation, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "20251E"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Mississippi HB 45 (20251E)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oliver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/644e8bf1-fa79-4f81-9122-f834a3ff488f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "3ef7044ee63d7ebc759072e5dc8f178d35de4da6b23df0e4c9aacbdc751fb8b7"
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 45 (20251E) — Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.

## 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/20251E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0045IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0045PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0045SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **94–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oliver — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd (19th) — cosponsor (person)
- Hines — cosponsor (person)
- Mangold — cosponsor (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)
- Read — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Scoggin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-06-17T05:00:00+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/644e8bf1-fa79-4f81-9122-f834a3ff488f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).