republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/sb-2544.md

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Bill	Department of Marine Resources; update authority regarding regulation of oyster beds and water bottoms.	Department of Marine Resources; update authority regarding regulation of oyster beds and water bottoms.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	SB 2544	Mississippi SB 2544 (2023)	bill	Marine Resources Ports and Marine Resources	enacted	Thompson	5	26	4	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fb14ce93-14a9-4911-9ccf-8c0a54794cf6	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Moran.xml	63182379750154149896ecda4b9128fabb328df1ebcd02e5b01f8dedf6fb8354	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2544 (2023) — Department of Marine Resources; update authority regarding regulation of oyster beds and water bottoms.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2544 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 113–4 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 119–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thompson — primary (person)
• Moran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Ports and Marine Resources referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Marine Resources referral-committee
• 2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Moran,Thompson,England
• 2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Ladner,Felsher,Crawford
• 2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted For Further Conf
• 2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted For Further Conf
• 2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb14ce93-14a9-4911-9ccf-8c0a54794cf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).