---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immediate possession; authorize for certain public agencies for roads & public utilities for an economic development project."
description: "Immediate possession; authorize for certain public agencies for roads & public utilities for an economic development project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2776"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2776 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caea8eb5-a0fa-419a-9a68-8b11a807a452"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Blackmon.xml"
source_hash: "4c91e2ac64ebdf958f68fa6f2de36f7472f25dcb26234f22ace1116bd6d65ea1"
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 2776 (2024) — Immediate possession; authorize for certain public agencies for roads & public utilities for an economic development project.

## 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/SB/2700-2799/SB2776IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2776PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2776SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **46–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **87–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+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
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+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/caea8eb5-a0fa-419a-9a68-8b11a807a452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).