---
type: "Bill"
title: "DFA; authorize to purchase certain real property known as the \"East Hamilton Street Properties\" in the City of Jackson, Mississippi."
description: "DFA; authorize to purchase certain real property known as the \"East Hamilton Street Properties\" in the City of Jackson, Mississippi."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Mississippi HB 556 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8935b636-8f3c-4e91-9c75-4970a6201111"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
source_hash: "ea963e75165b23adbd38ed871b84111c60a5e2512ba309899105ca24933c0b42"
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 556 (2025) — DFA; authorize to purchase certain real property known as the "East Hamilton Street Properties" in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.

## 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/2025/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0556IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/ham/HB0556_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0556.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0556PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB0556_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0556SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **111–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-03-21T05:00:00+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/8935b636-8f3c-4e91-9c75-4970a6201111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).