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type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held."
description: "Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 949"
citation: "Mississippi HB 949 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation and Water Resources", "County Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8482381-0827-4151-a8dc-a4122cc71cee"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Blackmon.xml"
source_hash: "ad96f25cec070bb448928933cf19e05504a0507558b9a216874983e72c3588af"
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 HB 949 (2021) — Solid waste landfills; prohibit new landfill in county where 2 or more exist, unless referendum held.
## 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/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0949IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0949_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0949.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0949PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/HB0949_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0949SG.htm)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **510** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **1075** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **1093** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ford — primary (person)
- Blackmon — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Conservation and Water Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+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/b8482381-0827-4151-a8dc-a4122cc71cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).