---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi State University authority to lease property for public-private partnership student housing; increase term."
description: "Mississippi State University authority to lease property for public-private partnership student housing; increase term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2590"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2590 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b44890-6015-4a0e-a995-e8087af4050c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Williams.xml"
source_hash: "d77a15fa161b6a2f64ed3f47db508a036e2415270560535e259799e86bfa3803"
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 2590 (2023) — Mississippi State University authority to lease property for public-private partnership student housing; increase term.

## 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/SB2590IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2590PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2590SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **39–12** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **114–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `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 Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-03T06:00:00+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/99b44890-6015-4a0e-a995-e8087af4050c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).