---
type: "Bill"
title: "Leaf and Bouie River Development District; authorize cities of Hattiesburg and Petal and Forrest County to establish."
description: "Leaf and Bouie River Development District; authorize cities of Hattiesburg and Petal and Forrest County to establish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1649"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1649 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca57a159-3c41-4fb6-b1c2-ac8854ce304e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "bdd36772a756e490234806b08b89df8c891a3dd03785147218e22dc42e5905d7"
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 1649 (2020) — Leaf and Bouie River Development District; authorize cities of Hattiesburg and Petal and Forrest County to establish.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1649IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1649PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1649SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGee — primary (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-07T05:00:00+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/ca57a159-3c41-4fb6-b1c2-ac8854ce304e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).