---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi University Research Authority; revise and clarify composition of."
description: "Mississippi University Research Authority; revise and clarify composition of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 939"
citation: "Mississippi HB 939 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scoggin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8d266b2-1109-4f7a-abbc-a2ad5bbad103"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Scoggin.xml"
source_hash: "94815144719c880807789cf3aeaab1712bbfca8da0bf0bb7be82b43630b6fbc5"
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 HB 939 (2024) — Mississippi University Research Authority; revise and clarify composition of.

## 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/2024/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0939IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0939PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0939SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scoggin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-20T05:00:00+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/e8d266b2-1109-4f7a-abbc-a2ad5bbad103`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).