---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "20251E"
identifier: "SB 2016"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2016 (20251E)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
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/d92c1d5a-9267-4428-b816-f2f6fe2daaf1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "9b7e4c791e2feeeee6d201205e0593f1df9dae86350302c50c2e8344d5036787"
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 2016 (20251E) — Appropriation; Mental Health, 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/SB/2001-2099/SB2016IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2016PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2016SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **37–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `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** Immediate Release
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **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** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-05-30T05:00:00+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/d92c1d5a-9267-4428-b816-f2f6fe2daaf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).