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type: "Bill"
title: "Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only."
description: "Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2853"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2853 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whaley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f61a443-427b-4311-ba51-e905a097f2f0"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Branning.xml"
source_hash: "89633a058d79e9b7f6f6e25e69305ba2c4e665e91621ef12cde954bf0bc1da8e"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2853IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/SB2853_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2853.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2853PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/SB2853_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2853CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2853SG.htm)
## Votes
- Adopt Conference Report — **520** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **1142** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **480** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **1100** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f61a443-427b-4311-ba51-e905a097f2f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).