republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2024/sb-2244.md

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Bill	Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.	Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2024	SB 2244	Mississippi SB 2244 (2024)	bill	Accountability Efficiency Transparency Appropriations Appropriations A Youth and Family Affairs	enacted	Hickman	5	17	3	2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00	2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9612f51f-47a1-461f-bc3c-53a734882faa	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml	adb23bca57dda2c71b10f324ee6931bb50f9dcde0557f0a07f1a7187849ca933	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2244 (2024) — Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.

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. 2244 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurrence in Amendment From House — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 120–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hickman — primary (person)
• Boyd — cosponsor (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Norwood — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: AC To AP
• 2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Referred To Youth and Family Affairs;Appropriations A referral-committee
• 2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: YF To AP
• 2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: AP To YF
• 2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From House
• 2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9612f51f-47a1-461f-bc3c-53a734882faa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).