---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pike County; authorize to construct or acquire county jail anywhere in county and authorize certain lease-purchase arrangement."
description: "Pike County; authorize to construct or acquire county jail anywhere in county and authorize certain lease-purchase arrangement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1723"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1723 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mims"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7f2dcc0-02bb-41da-9a66-867f1b37c1f8"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "f139ccd5216a5bfa6707a051ecc1caf927e3bed446064f067ab7421c58de10ea"
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 1723 (2024) — Pike County; authorize to construct or acquire county jail anywhere in county and authorize certain lease-purchase arrangement.

## 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/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1723IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1723PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1723CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1723SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mims — primary (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)
- Mangold — cosponsor (person)
- Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+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/b7f2dcc0-02bb-41da-9a66-867f1b37c1f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).