---
type: "Bill"
title: "ARPA programs; revise provisions related to certain programs."
description: "ARPA programs; revise provisions related to certain programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2444"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2444 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0c73f5-eee2-4a9a-be0c-a64acd0a9448"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Hopson.xml"
source_hash: "d5782a6e434452604eced69f03cdea208bf53d4775f5bf56ed636d1045b6a062"
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 2444 (2023) — ARPA programs; revise provisions related to certain programs.

## 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/2400-2499/SB2444IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2444_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2444.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2444PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2444SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-03T06:00:00+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 Hopson,Polk,Blackwell
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Oliver,Cockerham
- **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** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-14T05:00:00+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/dc0c73f5-eee2-4a9a-be0c-a64acd0a9448`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).