republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/hb-1247.md

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Bill	Community college districts boards of trustees; remove requirement for automatic appointment of county superintendent of education to serve on.	Community college districts boards of trustees; remove requirement for automatic appointment of county superintendent of education to serve on.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	HB 1247	Mississippi HB 1247 (2019)	bill	Education Universities and Colleges	enacted	Bennett	5	23	4	2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00	2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/60543c14-620e-4e2e-8e7a-df79ceaccea7	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml	7c9dbf53a8fc3ac15e2d9887fe348f9a5ffabbd68c50d51715cd759d9a4648fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1247 (2019) — Community college districts boards of trustees; remove requirement for automatic appointment of county superintendent of education to serve on.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1247 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 38–14 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 111–3 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 45–5 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 68–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Universities and Colleges referral-committee
• 2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Rereferred To Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Universities and Colleges referral-committee
• 2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass 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 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Bennett,Roberson,DeLano
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Harkins,Tollison,Polk
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered (Evans (91st), Bennett, Roberson)
• 2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Recnsdr Tabled Lost
• 2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60543c14-620e-4e2e-8e7a-df79ceaccea7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).