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type: "Bill"
title: "Qualifications for appointment as a conservation officer; clarify."
description: "Qualifications for appointment as a conservation officer; clarify."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2556"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2556 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whaley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cd5e97b-e89a-45e5-8084-b3499b46032b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Whaley.xml"
source_hash: "13d1e7d9404c4aaa46dfc950f5f26abf581876aaa6645555d9a438727230f363"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2556IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2556_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2556.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2556PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2556SG.htm)
## Votes
- Adopt Conference Report — **510** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **1181** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **510** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cd5e97b-e89a-45e5-8084-b3499b46032b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).