---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of."
description: "Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3051"
citation: "Mississippi SB 3051 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Appropriations D"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7736608-7e95-4acc-88f1-7b51d4d263a7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "e46a076f11ccd850cdbc00728909f6fbfc25cb4311105bb3974e79475945bdf5"
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 3051 (2026) — Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.

## 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/3000-3099/SB3051IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 3051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB3051.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3051PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB3051_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3051SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- DeBar — cosponsor (person)
- Hartness — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations D;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: A3 To AP
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AP To A3
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,DeBar,Blackwell
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Mims,Cockerham,Barton
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Harness, Mims)
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-13T05:00:00+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/a7736608-7e95-4acc-88f1-7b51d4d263a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).