republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/hb-562.md

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Bill	Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs.	Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	HB 562	Mississippi HB 562 (2026)	bill	Appropriations Appropriations A Universities and Colleges Workforce Development	enacted	Bell	5	24	4	2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00	2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5c14c5f1-c759-48a9-9536-fdcd83f0fdaf	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Bell_(21st).xml	fb6dd11dac012a57374ac2ef5fa3b65f7abe2b4a9c65bfa8edaad281ddb24aaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 562 (2026) — Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs.

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. 562 (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

• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations A referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: WD To AP
• 2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDP: AP To WD
• 2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 DR - TSDPAA: UC To AP
• 2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Bell (21st),Scoggin,Oliver
• 2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Boyd,Sparks,McCaughn
• 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Unanimous Consent Granted
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Unanimous Consent Granted
• 2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c14c5f1-c759-48a9-9536-fdcd83f0fdaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).