---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies; allow to charge other agencies for short-term rental of event space."
description: "State agencies; allow to charge other agencies for short-term rental of event space."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1651 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b375c44c-b3da-4f32-9c7a-b1db640c6781"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "a108b6e2f5c62ca34d6a0e4e81b5dd4603485121f15765c17b482545094082aa"
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 1651 (2026) — State agencies; allow to charge other agencies for short-term rental of event space.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1651IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1651** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1651.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1651PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1651_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1651SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Read,Cockerham,Mangold
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,DeBar,McCaughn
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/b375c44c-b3da-4f32-9c7a-b1db640c6781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).