---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing authorities; enable participation in mixed-finance projects and self-insurance pooling arrangements."
description: "Housing authorities; enable participation in mixed-finance projects and self-insurance pooling arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2257"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2257 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Financial Services", "Finance", "Housing", "Ways and Means"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64b22393-ed41-4fe6-a120-659a44444d78"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Michel.xml"
source_hash: "885dcba81bd458559b74ad9e5eb395682cbf42ad30ad3c2b1623acafd0fa4391"
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 2257 (2026) — Housing authorities; enable participation in mixed-finance projects and self-insurance pooling arrangements.

## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2257IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2257PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2257SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **44–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickman — primary (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Housing;Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: HO To FI
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Banking and Financial Services;Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: BB To WM
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: WM To BB
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+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/64b22393-ed41-4fe6-a120-659a44444d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).