republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/sb-2863.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	State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.	State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	SB 2863	Mississippi SB 2863 (2019)	bill	Military Affairs Accountability Efficiency Transparency	enacted	Parks	3	11	2	2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00	2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/faef81ec-b432-4c1e-b53d-4486eb30b488	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Blackwell.xml	bf6977bad1403a36d3dc89e01d9d9961cd3c1ccf00fb38ad47fc863def2d6924	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2863 (2019) — State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 113–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Parks — primary (person)
• Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
• Massey — cosponsor (person)
• Moran — cosponsor (person)
• Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons_(13th) — cosponsor (person)
• Younger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency referral-committee
• 2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Military Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/faef81ec-b432-4c1e-b53d-4486eb30b488. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).