SB 2596 — MDOT; authorize the transfer and conveyance of certain real property to the City of Ridgeland.
Last action — 04/08 Approved by Governor
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on April 02, 2026.
Odds of enactment
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 4 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI; TO STIPULATE THAT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL RETAIN MINERAL RIGHTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CORRECT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 414, LAWS OF 2025, TO CORRECT THE METHOD BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS AUTHORIZED TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 13TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE AND 15TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 393, LAWS OF 2019, TO PROVIDE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO SELL CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PROCEEDS GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF THE LAND SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI EXISTING INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY LOAN PROGRAM BOND SINKING FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MDA MAY CORRECT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Bill Text
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Action History
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04/08 Approved by Governor
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04/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
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04/02 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
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03/30 (H) Conference Report Adopted
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03/29 (S) Conference Report Adopted
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03/26 (S) Conference Report Filed
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03/26 (H) Conference Report Filed
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03/12 (H) Conferees Named Bennett,Newman,Gibbs (72nd)
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03/11 (S) Conferees Named Barrett,Michel,Blackmon
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03/10 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
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03/05 (H) Returned For Concurrence
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03/04 (H) Passed As Amended
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03/04 (H) Amended
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02/25 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
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02/06 (H) Referred To Public Property
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02/06 (S) Transmitted To House
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02/04 (S) Passed As Amended
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02/04 (S) Amended
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02/04 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
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01/29 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
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01/19 (S) Referred To Public Property
Sponsors
- J. Walter Michel · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- J. Walter Michel Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (174)
174 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 174 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 121 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (123)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson (110th) | — | Yea |
| Anderson (122nd) | — | Yea |
| Bailey (23rd) | — | Yea |
| Bailey (49th) | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Blackwell | — | Yea |
| Boyd (19th) | — | Yea |
| Boyd (37th) | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Ford (54th) | — | Yea |
| Ford (73rd) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (72nd) | — | Yea |
| Holloway (27th) | — | Yea |
| Holloway (76th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson (11th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson (45th) | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Ladner | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker. Total | — | Yea |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Yea |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Daryl Porter | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| Fabian Nelson | Democrat | Yea |
| Gregory Elliott | Democrat | Yea |
| Hester Jackson McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeffery Harness | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeffrey Hulum III | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Justin Crosby | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Yea |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Yea |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Yea |
| Otis Anthony | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert L. Sanders | Democrat | Yea |
| Ronnie C. Crudup | Democrat | Yea |
| Solomon C. Osborne | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Timaka James-Jones | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracey T. Rosebud | Democrat | Yea |
| Zakiya Summers | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Shanda Yates | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Luther Waldo | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Billy Adam Calvert | Republican | Yea |
| Brad Mattox | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Celeste Hurst | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Deweese | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Mansell | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Dana McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Elliot Burch | Republican | Yea |
| Fred Shanks | Republican | Yea |
| Gene Newman | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jansen Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Jay McKnight | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Estrada | Republican | Yea |
| Jimmy Fondren | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan McMillan | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Tubb | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Hawkins | Republican | Yea |
| Justin Keen | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kent McCarty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kevin Felsher | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Remak | Republican | Yea |
| Lance Varner | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lee Yancey | Republican | Yea |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Yea |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Price Wallace | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Sam Creekmore IV | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Aguirre | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Lott | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| W.I. "Doc" Harris | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
| Zachary Grady | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (52)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Blackwell | — | Yea |
| Boyd | — | Yea |
| Gillespie Isom | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Ladner | — | Yea |
| Simmons S. (13th) | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Turner-Ford | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Not Voting |
| Simmons D. T. (12th) | — | Not Voting |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Blount | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Brumfield | Democrat | Yea |
| Hillman Terome Frazier | Democrat | Yea |
| Hob Bryan | Democrat | Yea |
| Johnny DuPree | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Justin Pope | Democrat | Yea |
| Kamesha Mumford | Democrat | Yea |
| Rod Hickman | Democrat | Yea |
| Sollie B. Norwood | Democrat | Yea |
| Andy Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Angela Burks Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Benjamin Suber | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Brice Wiggins | Republican | Yea |
| Briggs Hopson | Republican | Yea |
| Chad McMahan | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Younger | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel H. Sparks | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Kirby | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Don Hartness | Republican | Yea |
| J. Walter Michel | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Barrett | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Tate | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy England | Republican | Yea |
| Joel R. Carter, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Fillingane | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph M. Seymour | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Harkins | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Lydia Graves Chassaniol | Republican | Yea |
| Michael McLendon | Republican | Yea |
| Neil S. Whaley | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Potts Parks | Republican | Yea |
| Scott DeLano | Republican | Yea |
| Tyler McCaughn | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 119 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (123)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Anderson (110th) | — | Yea |
| Anderson (122nd) | — | Yea |
| Bailey (23rd) | — | Yea |
| Bailey (49th) | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Blackwell | — | Yea |
| Boyd (19th) | — | Yea |
| Boyd (37th) | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Ford (54th) | — | Yea |
| Ford (73rd) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (72nd) | — | Yea |
| Holloway (27th) | — | Yea |
| Holloway (76th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson (11th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson (45th) | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Ladner | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Yea |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Daryl Porter | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| Fabian Nelson | Democrat | Yea |
| Gregory Elliott | Democrat | Yea |
| Hester Jackson McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeffery Harness | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeffrey Hulum III | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Justin Crosby | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Yea |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Otis Anthony | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert L. Sanders | Democrat | Yea |
| Ronnie C. Crudup | Democrat | Yea |
| Solomon C. Osborne | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Timaka James-Jones | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracey T. Rosebud | Democrat | Yea |
| Zakiya Summers | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Shanda Yates | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Luther Waldo | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Billy Adam Calvert | Republican | Yea |
| Brad Mattox | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Celeste Hurst | Republican | Not Voting |
| Clay Deweese | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Mansell | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Dana McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Elliot Burch | Republican | Yea |
| Fred Shanks | Republican | Yea |
| Gene Newman | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jansen Owen | Republican | Nay |
| Jay McKnight | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Estrada | Republican | Yea |
| Jimmy Fondren | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan McMillan | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Tubb | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Hawkins | Republican | Yea |
| Justin Keen | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kent McCarty | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Felsher | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Remak | Republican | Yea |
| Lance Varner | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lee Yancey | Republican | Yea |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Yea |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Price Wallace | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Sam Creekmore IV | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Aguirre | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Lott | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| W.I. "Doc" Harris | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
| Zachary Grady | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (52)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Blackwell | — | Yea |
| Boyd | — | Yea |
| Gillespie Isom | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Ladner | — | Yea |
| Simmons D. T. (12th) | — | Yea |
| Simmons S. (13th) | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Turner-Ford | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Blount | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Brumfield | Democrat | Yea |
| Hillman Terome Frazier | Democrat | Yea |
| Hob Bryan | Democrat | Yea |
| Johnny DuPree | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Justin Pope | Democrat | Yea |
| Kamesha Mumford | Democrat | Yea |
| Rod Hickman | Democrat | Yea |
| Sollie B. Norwood | Democrat | Yea |
| Andy Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Angela Burks Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Benjamin Suber | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Brice Wiggins | Republican | Yea |
| Briggs Hopson | Republican | Yea |
| Chad McMahan | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Younger | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel H. Sparks | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Kirby | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Don Hartness | Republican | Yea |
| J. Walter Michel | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Barrett | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Tate | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy England | Republican | Yea |
| Joel R. Carter, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Fillingane | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph M. Seymour | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Harkins | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Lydia Graves Chassaniol | Republican | Yea |
| Michael McLendon | Republican | Yea |
| Neil S. Whaley | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Potts Parks | Republican | Yea |
| Scott DeLano | Republican | Yea |
| Tyler McCaughn | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 2596 do?
- AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI; TO STIPULATE THAT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL RETAIN MINERAL RIGHTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CORRECT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 414, LAWS OF 2025, TO CORRECT THE METHOD BY WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS AUTHORIZED TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 13TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE AND 15TH STREET AND 28TH AVENUE; TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 393, LAWS OF 2019, TO PROVIDE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO SELL CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PROCEEDS GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF THE LAND SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI EXISTING INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY LOAN PROGRAM BOND SINKING FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MDA MAY CORRECT ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
- Who sponsors SB 2596?
- SB 2596 is sponsored by J. Walter Michel (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 2596?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2026. Enacted.
- Where can I track SB 2596?
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