---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi IT Optimization Act; enact."
description: "Mississippi IT Optimization Act; enact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2653"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2653 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/086413ee-881c-46bc-9914-70e8ae5ba675"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Blackmon.xml"
source_hash: "cc35118a47a969159eaefb551428cc02bc8aba0d985c1d323b8ec8a5d5214d77"
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 2653 (2026) — Mississippi IT Optimization Act; enact.

## 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/2600-2699/SB2653IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2653PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2653SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Technology;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: TE To AC
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AC To TE
- **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
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+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/086413ee-881c-46bc-9914-70e8ae5ba675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).