---
type: "Bill"
title: "Age of majority; lower to 18 for securing loans and entering contracts for real property."
description: "Age of majority; lower to 18 for securing loans and entering contracts for real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2073"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2073 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a062df00-67e3-45fd-a0d0-03b5a0351fdc"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "6012cfeb1dfffc6c46d71dbb0b94e3c49e1005ad6074526700ab6cd521b3bf2b"
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 SB 2073 (2023) — Age of majority; lower to 18 for securing loans and entering contracts for real property.

## 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/SB/2001-2099/SB2073IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2073_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/SB2073_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2073.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2073PS.htm)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2073CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2073SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Tabled Subject To Call
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,McCaughn,Hill
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Felsher
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+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/a062df00-67e3-45fd-a0d0-03b5a0351fdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).