---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts for collection of city/county solid wastes; authorize to extend without advertising for proposals under certain circumstances."
description: "Contracts for collection of city/county solid wastes; authorize to extend without advertising for proposals under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1540 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Affairs", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c80d79e5-356a-4818-8dda-6c12bc3dce22"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Byrd.xml"
source_hash: "06abcbf5d47641caea860a87d0d455229e8fe70ef9ef2fe370116c1c2299bb74"
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 1540 (2019) — Contracts for collection of city/county solid wastes; authorize to extend without advertising for proposals under certain circumstances.

## 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/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1540IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1540.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1540PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB1540_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1540CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1540SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **109–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+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/c80d79e5-356a-4818-8dda-6c12bc3dce22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).