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SB 2008 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Carbon credits or sequestration; require recorded instrument to convey.

SB 2008 requires that any transfer of carbon credit or sequestration rights must be recorded as a land interest in county land records, following existing Mississippi law for property conveyances. This applies directly to landowners and entities involved in carbon credit agreements, ensuring their rights have legal priority over later claims. The bill updates existing recording requirements (Sections 89-5-1 and 89-5-3 of Mississippi Code) to specifically include carbon-related interests, making their recording mandatory for enforceability. It takes effect July 1, 2025, and does not create new rules but applies current land recording procedures to carbon credit transactions.
Issues: ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentRequires recording carbon credit/sequestration transfers for legal priority, enabling environmental protection through carbon markets and forest conservation under forestry subject.85% confidence
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Current version · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill title was updated to reflect its current status as having passed the Senate, changing from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the Senate'. This indicates the bill has progressed through the legislative process and is now in its final form before potential passage by the House of Representatives. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content regarding carbon credit recording requirements.
TECHNICAL

Updated bill status designation from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the Senate' to reflect legislative progress

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

51–0
Passed
Total votes 51
Feb 5, 2025
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican35
35 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Forestry
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
upper
Jan 10, 2025
Committee
Referred To Forestry
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tyler McCaughn
Tyler McCaughn
RRepublican
MS
31