republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/hb-698.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	Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget.	Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	HB 698	Mississippi HB 698 (2019)	bill	Public Property Accountability Efficiency Transparency	enacted	Weathersby	5	20	4	2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00	2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/dd2e4344-410e-4615-ab7b-64d20a67fb63	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Dixon.xml	750e80812122c72e1a5f0f7ce7caaf3cea33a341e04e04c59416c92d549c9b4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 698 (2019) — Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget.

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. 698 (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

• Adopt Conference Report — 111–4 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 112–4 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Property referral-committee
• 2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Public Property;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency referral-committee
• 2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDPAA: PP To AC
• 2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2019-03-07T06:00:00+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 Weathersby,Holloway,Sullivan
• 2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Blount,Polk,Doty
• 2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-26T05:00:00+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
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+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/dd2e4344-410e-4615-ab7b-64d20a67fb63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).