---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Port Authority, State."
description: "Appropriation; Port Authority, State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "20251E"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Mississippi HB 7 (20251E)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d0e473-b71b-4251-8465-95e8e9a5e009"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/House_authors/Anderson_(122nd).xml"
source_hash: "2fc778c7d81d90b52026379402ffe2fb1173b4206e89459a029e11e6fc85c84f"
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 7 (20251E) — Appropriation; Port Authority, State.

## 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/20251E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0007IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0007PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20251E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0007SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bounds — primary (person)
- Anderson (122nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Eure — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Paden — cosponsor (person)
- Pigott — cosponsor (person)
- Read — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2025-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-06-04T05:00:00+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/95d0e473-b71b-4251-8465-95e8e9a5e009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).