republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/sb-2853.md

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Bill	Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only.	Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	SB 2853	Mississippi SB 2853 (2023)	bill	Accountability Efficiency Transparency Transportation	enacted	Whaley	7	21	4	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3f61a443-427b-4311-ba51-e905a097f2f0	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml	89633a058d79e9b7f6f6e25e69305ba2c4e665e91621ef12cde954bf0bc1da8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2853 (2023) — Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only.

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 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2853 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
6. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 114–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Whaley — primary (person)
• Branning — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency referral-committee
• 2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub committee-passage
• 2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted substitution
• 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 Transportation referral-committee
• 2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-02-24T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-17T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Polk,Whaley,Williams
• 2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Busby,Massengill,McGee
• 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
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+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
• 2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f61a443-427b-4311-ba51-e905a097f2f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).