republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2025/hb-246.md

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Bill	16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.	16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2025	HB 246	Mississippi HB 246 (2025)	bill	Education	enacted	McGee	5	14	3	2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00	2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0d63f648-0d0e-4f0a-8da3-48cef6c6113c	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/McGee.xml	88f26ef451d903cce7519885e04fd787e0480955c916b94b6c4c6097ea906dd8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 246 (2025) — 16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.

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. 246 (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 — 117–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McGee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Education referral-committee
• 2025-01-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Immediate Release
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2025-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d63f648-0d0e-4f0a-8da3-48cef6c6113c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).