---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority."
description: "Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 3047"
citation: "Mississippi SB 3047 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e08f10b5-9a27-47a2-8226-12dad59fda9d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "b0ad50e057403f07ef8e20d2a98e12e5b50811802a0003a184a1ef75d0eaa98b"
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 3047 (2023) — Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.

## 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/3000-3099/SB3047IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 3047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB3047.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3047PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB3047_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3047SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **112–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- DeLano — cosponsor (person)
- Polk — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+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,Wiggins
- **2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Bennett,Eure
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Law W/out Governor's Signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e08f10b5-9a27-47a2-8226-12dad59fda9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).