---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations for infrastructure projects."
description: "Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations for infrastructure projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2512"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2512 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Younger"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/897e6217-608f-4954-a101-5e766cd93406"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Seymour.xml"
source_hash: "6f65c2bf022dfc0a7661c5b07c0543bca906ec76996b9db8c452c02474bec065"
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 2512 (2023) — Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations for infrastructure projects.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2512IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2512_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/SB2512_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/SB2512_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.pdf)
5. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2512.pdf)
6. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2512PS.htm)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2512CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2512SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **113–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Younger — primary (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bounds, Anderson (122nd))
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Polk,Hill,Younger
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bounds,Anderson (122nd),Rushing
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+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
- **2023-04-14T05:00:00+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/897e6217-608f-4954-a101-5e766cd93406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).