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type: "Bill"
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title: "State employment; revise definition of the term \"disabled veteran\" as used for veterans preference."
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description: "State employment; revise definition of the term \"disabled veteran\" as used for veterans preference."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
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legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 2863"
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citation: "Mississippi SB 2863 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Parks"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faef81ec-b432-4c1e-b53d-4486eb30b488"
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source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Blackwell.xml"
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source_hash: "bf6977bad1403a36d3dc89e01d9d9961cd3c1ccf00fb38ad47fc863def2d6924"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
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---
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# Mississippi SB 2863 (2019) — State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2863IN.htm)
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2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2863PS.htm)
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3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2863SG.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **113–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Parks — primary (person)
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- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackson_(11th) — cosponsor (person)
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- Massey — cosponsor (person)
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- Moran — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons_(13th) — cosponsor (person)
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- Younger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
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- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Military Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
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- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faef81ec-b432-4c1e-b53d-4486eb30b488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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