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Bill	Qualifications for appointment as a conservation officer; clarify.	Qualifications for appointment as a conservation officer; clarify.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	SB 2556	Mississippi SB 2556 (2023)	bill	Wildlife Fisheries and Parks	enacted	Whaley	5	19	4	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4cd5e97b-e89a-45e5-8084-b3499b46032b	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Whaley.xml	13d1e7d9404c4aaa46dfc950f5f26abf581876aaa6645555d9a438727230f363	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2556 (2023) — Qualifications for appointment as a conservation officer; clarify.

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. 2556 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 118–1 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Whaley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks referral-committee
• 2023-01-27T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks referral-committee
• 2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Whaley,Suber,Younger
• 2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Kinkade,Hale,Mangold
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+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/4cd5e97b-e89a-45e5-8084-b3499b46032b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).