republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/hb-1477.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Cemeteries; authorize counties and municipalities to expend funds to maintain abandoned nonprofit cemeteries.	Cemeteries; authorize counties and municipalities to expend funds to maintain abandoned nonprofit cemeteries.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	HB 1477	Mississippi HB 1477 (2019)	bill	County Affairs Municipalities Accountability Efficiency Transparency	enacted	Snowden	5	15	3	2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00	2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ab69f0d3-f3e9-48f6-aa38-afd07fdebbbd	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Dixon.xml	17fd646e1e154596ab6a27cf4b81fb95bbcc93b6c63aabfde2c98c6f287cd42d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1477 (2019) — Cemeteries; authorize counties and municipalities to expend funds to maintain abandoned nonprofit cemeteries.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1477 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 107–8 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 112–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Snowden — primary (person)
• Dixon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To County Affairs;Municipalities referral-committee
• 2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: CA To MU
• 2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: MU To CA
• 2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency referral-committee
• 2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 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 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab69f0d3-f3e9-48f6-aa38-afd07fdebbbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).