Senate Bill 2768

AN ACT TO REDISTRICT THE CHANCERY COURT DISTRICTS OF THE STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 152 OF ARTICLE 6 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTIES AND INDIVIDUAL PRECINCTS IN THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE THOSE COUNTIES AND PRECINCTS AS THEY EXISTED ON JULY 1, 2025; TO PROVIDE THAT A CHANCELLOR SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE SERVES BY THE DATE ON WHICH THE PERSON QUALIFIES AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE JUDICIAL OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CRITERIA FOR THE NUMBER OF CHANCELLORSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE LEGISLATURE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-5-9, 9-5-11, 9-5-13, 9-5-15, 9-5-17, 9-5-19, 9-5-21, 9-5-22, 9-5-23, 9-5-25, 9-5-27, 9-5-31, 9-5-33, 9-5-35, 9-5-36, 9-5-41, 9-5-43, 9-5-47, 9-5-49, 9-5-50, 9-5-51 AND 9-5-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF JUDGES, RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, AND SUBDISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF THE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR THE ELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE JUDICIAL OFFICES CREATED BY VIRTUE OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-5-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO UPDATE PRECINCT GEOGRAPHY IN THE ELEVENTH CHANCERY COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROCEDURES TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THE JUDICIAL REDISTRICTING OF HOUSE BILL NO. 1544, 2025 REGULAR SESSION, AND THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the Senate

• Brice Wiggins

  Sponsor

• Senate floor amendmentPending

• House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Feb 27

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In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 10

1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
3. Feb 10Amendment failed in the Senate
4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Feb 27

1. Feb 10Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
2. Feb 11Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
3. Sent to the House
4. Feb 13Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
5. Feb 25Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
6. Feb 27Amended in the House
7. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Feb 27 – Apr 7

1. Feb 27Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Scoggin, Horan and Owen)
2. Mar 4Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
3. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
4. Mar 6Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
5. Mar 17Conferees named in the Senate: Wiggins, McCaughn and DeBar
6. Mar 18Conferees named in the House: Horan, Owen and Hood
7. Mar 31Conference report filed in the Senate
8. Conference report filed in the House
9. Apr 1Conference report adopted in the House
10. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Horan and Owen)
11. Apr 2Conference report adopted in the Senate
12. Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
13. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 7 – Apr 23

1. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the House
2. Apr 23Approved by the Governor