---
type: "Bill"
title: "MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland."
description: "MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2596"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2596 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
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/6837fee1-1ed3-479c-9a40-460751f346e0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml"
source_hash: "dd6e434aa374d49e646fa58aa14d211aff039843168fb36ff4945dab2cbe8bfe"
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 2596 (2026) — MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland.

## 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/SB/2500-2599/SB2596IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/SB2596_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2596_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2596.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2596PS.htm)
6. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2596_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2596CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2596SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **118–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barrett,Michel,Blackmon
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bennett,Newman,Gibbs (72nd)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+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/6837fee1-1ed3-479c-9a40-460751f346e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).