---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Mental Health; authorize to transfer and convey certain real property to Board of Supervisors of Tate County, MS."
description: "Department of Mental Health; authorize to transfer and convey certain real property to Board of Supervisors of Tate County, MS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 961"
citation: "Mississippi HB 961 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/227ce5cb-72b5-48ea-9b27-c8b0d97ba74c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Lamar.xml"
source_hash: "35c4c38dee429521d3bc0c6fcb34b2ef4be3760e8b5236a5f51a88215ba2c053"
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 961 (2019) — Department of Mental Health; authorize to transfer and convey certain real property to Board of Supervisors of Tate County, MS.

## 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/0900-0999/HB0961IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 961** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0961.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0961PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0961_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0961SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **113–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Weathersby,Mettetal,Hale
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Blount,Dearing,Harkins
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+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/227ce5cb-72b5-48ea-9b27-c8b0d97ba74c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).