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type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges."
description: "Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2244"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2244 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency", "Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Youth and Family Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9612f51f-47a1-461f-bc3c-53a734882faa"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "adb23bca57dda2c71b10f324ee6931bb50f9dcde0557f0a07f1a7187849ca933"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2244IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2244_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2244.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2244PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2244SG.htm)
## Votes
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **520** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **520** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **1200** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9612f51f-47a1-461f-bc3c-53a734882faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).