---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Aid Engineer; salary to be set by Governor, subject to rules of Personnel Board."
description: "State Aid Engineer; salary to be set by Governor, subject to rules of Personnel Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1655"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1655 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Appropriations E"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d67bf566-c2ab-45a1-bc9a-e2f216804689"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "7ee225794b1237372d8816ed43ab6d1e5da2a32471c684b17f0bcddd315121f4"
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 1655 (2026) — State Aid Engineer; salary to be set by Governor, subject to rules of Personnel Board.

## 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/1600-1699/HB1655IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1655PS.htm)
3. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/HB1655_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1655SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations E;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: A4 To AP
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To A4
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+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/d67bf566-c2ab-45a1-bc9a-e2f216804689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).