---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission; authorize levee system."
description: "The Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission; authorize levee system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2408"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2408 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06da04e2-71cb-4fbd-9288-0d42b534b03f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Brumfield.xml"
source_hash: "20b21260250645cd8116bb90cda343add37e23135bf87e20102428901480dc9b"
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 2408 (2026) — The Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission; authorize levee system.

## 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/2400-2499/SB2408IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2408.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2408PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2408_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2408SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Brumfield — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+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/06da04e2-71cb-4fbd-9288-0d42b534b03f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).