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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2489

Appellate court expense allowance; authorize receipt for judicial duties performed in any area of the state.

Became law as Chapter 464, Laws of 2025, signed April 10, 2025, 80 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE EACH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND EACH JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS TO RECEIVE AN EXPENSE ALLOWANCE WHILE ACTUALLY ATTENDING JUDICIAL DUTIES IN ANY AREA OF THE STATE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT NO JUSTICE OR JUDGE SHALL RECEIVE AN EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOR MORE THAN THE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Daniel H. Sparks, Tyler McCaughn

Its course

January 20 to April 10, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action24 actions on 19 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 718 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Jan 288 days

AppropriationsJan 28 to Feb 47 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Mar 627 days

Judiciary AFeb 13 to Feb 2714 days

Appropriations AFeb 27 to Mar 45 days

Judiciary AMar 4 to Mar 40 days

Back in the SenateMar 6 to Apr 732 days

With the GovernorApr 7 to Apr 103 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 6

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 28Reported from JA to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 7Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 10Sent to the House
  2. Feb 13Referred to the House committees on Judiciary A and on Appropriations A
  3. Feb 27Reported as amended from JA to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 4Reported as amended from AP to JA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Mar 6Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 7 – Apr 7

  1. Mar 7Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 10Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Mar 17Conferees named in the Senate: Wiggins, Thompson and Turner-Ford
  4. Mar 18Conferees named in the House: Hood, Yates and Cockerham
  5. Mar 27Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Mar 29Conference report adopted in the Senate
  8. Apr 1Conference report adopted in the House
  9. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Yates and Hood)
  10. Apr 2Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  11. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 7 – Apr 10

  1. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Apr 10Approved by the Governor
All 24 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division A;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 28DR - TSDP: JA To APSenate
  3. Feb 4Title Suff Do PassSenate
  4. Feb 7PassedSenate
  5. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 13Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 27DR - TSDPAA: JA To APHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 4DR - TSDPAA: AP To JAHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 6AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 6Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 7Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 10Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  14. Mar 17Conferees Named Wiggins,Thompson,Turner-FordSenate
  15. Mar 18Conferees Named Hood,Yates,CockerhamHouse of Representatives
  16. Mar 27Conference Report FiledSenate
  17. Mar 27Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  18. Mar 29Conference Report AdoptedSenate
  19. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  20. Apr 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Yates, Hood)House of Representatives
  21. Apr 2Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  22. Apr 7Enrolled Bill SignedSenate
  23. Apr 7Enrolled Bill SignedHouse of Representatives
  24. Apr 10Approved by GovernorGovernor