---
type: "Bill"
title: "Starkville-Oktibbeha School District and MSU; authorize agreements to have jointly used primary and secondary schools."
description: "Starkville-Oktibbeha School District and MSU; authorize agreements to have jointly used primary and secondary schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1495 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations A", "Education", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325f3f72-827e-4959-9e4c-14684a75727e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Roberson.xml"
source_hash: "dda9774eff400133eae9987d2f76fd9c527879d1ff348743f485e8364da00e25"
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 1495 (2026) — Starkville-Oktibbeha School District and MSU; authorize agreements to have jointly used primary and secondary schools.

## 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/1400-1499/HB1495IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1495PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1495SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: ED To AP
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To ED
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Universities and Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+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/325f3f72-827e-4959-9e4c-14684a75727e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).