---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations; additional appropriations for FY26 & FY27."
description: "Appropriations; additional appropriations for FY26 & FY27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1940"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1940 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7523541-67fd-4f8e-a1f7-7957da7fd0fd"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "30b6a437057bc6d0db77d80d5c7cc233ece473e584ce825308d48d4d2f4f3231"
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 1940 (2026) — Appropriations; additional appropriations for FY26 & FY27.

## 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/1900-1999/HB1940IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1940_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1940.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1940PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1940_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1940CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1940SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **109–8** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **48–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+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/d7523541-67fd-4f8e-a1f7-7957da7fd0fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).