---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional."
description: "Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "20251E"
identifier: "SB 2020"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2020 (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: "2025-06-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9e8552-5165-44e8-9fd1-098dcc0c9e6f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/House_authors/Berry.xml"
source_hash: "8c292f8af87de2e517950d9ac934a2973b16dcd5e4b51b1d3c6bbcd5236f1d9d"
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 2020 (20251E) — Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.

## 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/SB2020IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2020PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2020SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — 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
- **2025-06-04T05:00:00+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/1b9e8552-5165-44e8-9fd1-098dcc0c9e6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).