---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Natchez and Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Incorporated."
description: "City of Natchez and Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Incorporated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1440 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e76b22d2-82a4-4951-98d9-200723f48ad2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Johnson.xml"
source_hash: "7107fba85a2a18223dfb36d8c3d2b923e15ec997b28825d0af5d7697e3df7b8f"
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 1440 (2022) — City of Natchez and Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Incorporated.

## 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/2022/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1440IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1440PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1440SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **109–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Mims — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+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/e76b22d2-82a4-4951-98d9-200723f48ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).