---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Regional Pre-Need Disaster Clean Up Act; create."
description: "Mississippi Regional Pre-Need Disaster Clean Up Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2538"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2538 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c955b1c-12d7-4c90-9ab6-fd9bcebac3eb"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Butler_(36th).xml"
source_hash: "341ce704a13cb27eb8575be44de9e52457bec2397af6bd5d72e7ebd812a4d58d"
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 2538 (2023) — Mississippi Regional Pre-Need Disaster Clean Up Act; create.

## 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/SB2538IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2538.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2538PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2538_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2538SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **101–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Butler (36th) — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — 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`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Tabled
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Boyd (19th), Criswell)
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Polk,Hill,Williams
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Boyd (19th),Hobgood-Wilkes,Sanford
- **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
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+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
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/3c955b1c-12d7-4c90-9ab6-fd9bcebac3eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).