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type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create."
description: "Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2553"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2553 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackmon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747bf802-013a-4e0e-8129-2c8beeeee733"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Blount.xml"
source_hash: "b780a8bff9702ab78dead314f004f3d5b10b713ca1eda569ecc3adebb834567e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---
# Mississippi SB 2553 (2020) — Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2553_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2553.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2553_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **456** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **1080** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **510** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blackmon — primary (person)
- Blount — cosponsor (person)
- Horhn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Norwood — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Turner-Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Witherspoon — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/747bf802-013a-4e0e-8129-2c8beeeee733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).