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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget."
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description: "Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
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legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 698"
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citation: "Mississippi HB 698 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Property", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Weathersby"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd2e4344-410e-4615-ab7b-64d20a67fb63"
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source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Dixon.xml"
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source_hash: "750e80812122c72e1a5f0f7ce7caaf3cea33a341e04e04c59416c92d549c9b4f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
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---
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# Mississippi HB 698 (2019) — Construction contracts; allow public entities to allocate additional funds to project budget.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0698IN.htm)
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2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0698.pdf)
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3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0698PS.htm)
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4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0698_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
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5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0698SG.htm)
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## Votes
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- Adopt Conference Report — **111–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **112–4** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Weathersby — primary (person)
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- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Property;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: PP To AC
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- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
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- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
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- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
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- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Weathersby,Holloway,Sullivan
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- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Blount,Polk,Doty
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- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
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- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
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- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
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- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
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- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd2e4344-410e-4615-ab7b-64d20a67fb63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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