republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2024/hb-1519.md

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Bill	Short-line railroad; authorize certain towns to acquire and operate.	Short-line railroad; authorize certain towns to acquire and operate.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2024	HB 1519	Mississippi HB 1519 (2024)	bill	Appropriations Transportation	enacted	Cockerham	5	13	3	2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00	2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/161b09e0-a0f3-49f4-8235-a2d6ea4d9682	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml	1059458a45b49699b1ef373b3a69ef91c95dfbf79016064cbb7cae3d5c513180	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1519 (2024) — Short-line railroad; authorize certain towns to acquire and operate.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1519 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 121–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 121–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 50–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cockerham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2024-04-20T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/161b09e0-a0f3-49f4-8235-a2d6ea4d9682. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).