---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special local improvement assessment districts; authorize municipalities to create."
description: "Special local improvement assessment districts; authorize municipalities to create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1612"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1612 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ways and Means", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0700cab4-f92f-40db-bc27-5fb6c4a444cd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Baker.xml"
source_hash: "5cd3f4e631c9b4002663df24969480ae50a4614f55ba3dcf45e62d0b061f2a31"
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 1612 (2019) — Special local improvement assessment districts; authorize municipalities to create.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1612IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1612.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1612PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1612_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1612SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **88–18** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **43–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **92–23** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **57–55** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Denny — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Failed `failure`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Smith, Lamar)
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+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/0700cab4-f92f-40db-bc27-5fb6c4a444cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).