---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1617"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1617 (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/4713f899-9948-4d79-91ce-1266100ea08e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "0e8e0a5a29699cdacb8aa700a52ca8154434803e81100e54aa8f75b5814bb915"
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 1617 (2023) — Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.

## 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/HB1617IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1617.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1617PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1617_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1617SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **109–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bounds — cosponsor (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Mangold — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — 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,Bounds,Mangold
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,DeLano,Whaley
- **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/4713f899-9948-4d79-91ce-1266100ea08e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).