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type: "Bill"
title: "Perpetual care cemetaries; authorize counties and cities to clean property of those not properly maintained and seek reimbursement."
description: "Perpetual care cemetaries; authorize counties and cities to clean property of those not properly maintained and seek reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2261"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2261 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Affairs", "Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d14d12a9-9d32-4902-b6b7-1b6a18b2fb58"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/England.xml"
source_hash: "bc1492064e2e89c4faee2a96bc01ff11822b3be28f0e1a29b117c054d68d9764"
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 2261 (2021) — Perpetual care cemetaries; authorize counties and cities to clean property of those not properly maintained and seek reimbursement.
## 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/SB/2200-2299/SB2261IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2261.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2261PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2261_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2261CS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2261SG.htm)
## Votes
- Adopt Conference Report — **1200** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **1190** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **510** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: MU To CA
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: MU To CA
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: CA To MU
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Simmons (12th),Hill,Barrett
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Rushing,Tullos,Byrd
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-16T05:00:00+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/d14d12a9-9d32-4902-b6b7-1b6a18b2fb58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).