---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Library Commission."
description: "Appropriation; Library Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1615 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f26f3a1f-c144-432c-aed1-fba7e3dbe438"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "eaaf7d664709c59e8c4c107e6c7889ad44e55e9b6bd18be9f5ed4a6da64741a6"
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 1615 (2023) — Appropriation; Library Commission.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1615IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1615.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1615PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1615_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1615SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **107–4** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Busby — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Clarke — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Haney — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Bennett,Ladner
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,DeBar,Michel
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/f26f3a1f-c144-432c-aed1-fba7e3dbe438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).