---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to."
description: "Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2898"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2898 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a473fc4-f1bf-484f-80e9-66cbc5d65ad3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "a5e1f8379da6e62c12362a89f94325a25ad6e358870c6e8371c0d4d6ffa0ddf8"
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 2898 (2026) — Disaster-related funds; transfer monies to.

## 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/2800-2899/SB2898IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2898.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2898PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2898_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2898CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2898SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harkins — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blount — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Brumfield — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Chassaniol — cosponsor (person)
- Chism — cosponsor (person)
- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- DuPree — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fillingane — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie Isom — cosponsor (person)
- Hartness — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hopson — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Ladner — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)
- Mumford — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Rhodes — cosponsor (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Whaley — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To AC
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To AP
- **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
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,DeBar,DeLano
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Deweese,Oliver
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+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/6a473fc4-f1bf-484f-80e9-66cbc5d65ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).