---
type: "Bill"
title: "Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs."
description: "Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 562"
citation: "Mississippi HB 562 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Universities and Colleges", "Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c14c5f1-c759-48a9-9536-fdcd83f0fdaf"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(21st).xml"
source_hash: "fb6dd11dac012a57374ac2ef5fa3b65f7abe2b4a9c65bfa8edaad281ddb24aaf"
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 562 (2026) — Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs.

## 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/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0562.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB0562_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: WD To AP
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To WD
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: UC To AP
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bell (21st),Scoggin,Oliver
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd,Sparks,McCaughn
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Unanimous Consent Granted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Unanimous Consent Granted
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/5c14c5f1-c759-48a9-9536-fdcd83f0fdaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).