Committees · 2021 Regular Session
Judiciary A
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2021 Regular Session.
Bills sent96
5% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out28%
27 of 96; 69 stopped in committee
Time in committee10 days
most between 5 and 10 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
2026164 bills
reported 20% · typically 15 days, most 14–15 · 0 amendments · 25 members
2025169 bills
reported 25% · typically 10 days, most 8–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2024132 bills
reported 30% · typically 15 days, most 14–19 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2023128 bills
reported 34% · typically 13 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2022118 bills
reported 24% · typically 13 days, most 10–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202196 bills
reported 28% · typically 10 days, most 5–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2020154 bills
reported 25% · typically 15 days, most 14–70 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2019123 bills
reported 34% · typically 10 days, most 7–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2018132 bills
reported 22% · typically 8 days, most 8–12 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2017135 bills
reported 15% · typically 11 days, most 11–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2016187 bills
reported 17% · typically 6 days, most 6–8 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2015186 bills
reported 24% · typically 9 days, most 5–9 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2014236 bills
reported 35% · typically 9 days, most 8–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2013189 bills
reported 37% · typically 8 days, most 7–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2012178 bills
reported 29% · typically 8 days, most 5–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2011222 bills
reported 32% · typically 9 days, most 8–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2010238 bills
reported 29% · typically 14 days, most 6–18 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2009266 bills
reported 31% · typically 13 days, most 8–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2008245 bills
reported 31% · typically 14 days, most 8–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2021 Regular Session, newest first.
96 bills
Senate Bill 2087 · Cemetery owners; authorize to disinter dead human remains for reinterment, reburial or delivery to a carrier for transportation.
Sent March 1, 2021 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2621 · Task Force; establish to study domestic law matters.
Sent February 26, 2021 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2020 · Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 5 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2022 · Justice courts; required to accept electronic filing.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 6 days
Senate Bill 2106 · Off-duty law enforcement officers; authorized to use public vehicles for private security duty.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 6 days
Senate Bill 2253 · Concealed carry weapons permit; combine with driver's license or identification card.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2260 · Public official corruption; authorize prosecution by Attorney General upon request of the State Auditor.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 6 days
Senate Bill 2324 · Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement; extend repealer on.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2624 · MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish pilot program using administrative hearing officers.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
Senate Bill 2627 · Home inspector license; require applicants to undergo certain background checks.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2638 · Electronic documents; provide recording procedure for counties without electronic-recording capability.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2833 · Motor Vehicle Commission Law; provide obligations of manufacturers, distributors & dealers regarding rates for parts and labor.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2205 · Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.
Sent February 23, 2021 · Reported out after 7 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2355 · Age of majority; revise.
Sent February 22, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 8 days
House Bill 933 · Child support payment; suspend obligation to pay when the person to pay is incarcerated.
Sent January 28, 2021 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1030 · "Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act"; enact.
Sent January 27, 2021 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 72 · Dentists; provide immunity for providing charitable and emergency services.
Sent January 26, 2021 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 247 · Sexual harassment; create a state cause of action.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 271 · Life estates; authorize grantor to revoke at any time before his or her death.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 277 · Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
76 more
House Bill 299 · Property interest; conveyance to married individuals considered to create joint tenancy with right of survivorship.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 333 · Mississippi Statutory Thresholds for Settlement Involving Minors Act; create.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 337 · Property lien; burden placed on third party whose fraudulent activity related to the incurring of debt without the knowledge of the property owner resulted in.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 352 · Home inspector license; require applicants to undergo certain background checks.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 354 · Municipal judges; authorize to order a defendant to remedy real property ordinance violations within a reasonable time period.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 385 · Arbitration clause; considered nonbinding in certain contracts.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 393 · Seventh Circuit Court District; authorize additional judges.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 429 · Contracts; authorize persons eighteen years of age or older to enter into for the purpose of investing in mutual funds.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 450 · Landowners Protection Act; repeal.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 469 · MS Real Estate Commission; authorize an appeal to act as a supersedeas and to stay any rule or decision until resolved.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 471 · Immunity for law enforcement officers; authorize when claimant is convicted for resisting arrest.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 478 · Appraisal management company; remove ninety-day exception to prohibition on removing appraisers from appraisal panel of an.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 482 · Adverse possession; require possessor to notify chancery clerk before title vests.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 484 · Tax sales; require conveyances of land to be subject to recorded easements.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 485 · Real property; right of first refusal expires on grantee's death unless specifically stated otherwise.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 498 · Municipalities "home rule"; prohibit governing authorities from regulating immediate vicinity of health care facilities under certain circumstances.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 544 · Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 555 · Mineral interests; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 564 · Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; bring for certain section of.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 565 · Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation Fund; create and provide for a new fee to be deposited into.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 566 · MS Center for Legal Services; require $15.00 collected from criminal and civil actions to be remitted to.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 567 · Civil Legal Assistance Fund; specify funding to from certain sources.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 570 · Cremation; prohibit until approved by county medical examiner.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 593 · Children's records; authorize release with parental consent to the Legislature.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 605 · Appeal from judgment by a county or municipal authority; revise standard of construction for determining constitutionality.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 631 · Law enforcement; allow off-duty use of official vehicles while performing security services in off-duty hours.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 639 · Perpetual care cemeteries, new; require certain acreage and trust fund deposit to establish.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 652 · Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 666 · Adverse possession cases; require losing party to pay court costs and attorney's fees.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 681 · Child support; revise factors for award of.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 688 · Intestate succession; child conceived by assisted reproduction after decedent's death is deemed to be living at time of death.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 695 · State Domestic Violence Fund; remove the matching funds requirement for.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 703 · Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 733 · Motor vehicles; require certain new to be equipped with alert to operator to check rear designated seat when engine stops.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 746 · Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law; revise regarding warranty reimbursement.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 767 · Mississippi Employment Security Law; revise to exclude services of petroleum landman from definition of "employment."
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 773 · Landlord-Tenant; clarify that summons is only placed on door when tenant not found.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 815 · Certificate of Foreign Birth; authorize without judicial proceeding under certain circumstances.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 820 · Contracts; require to be written in large print.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 821 · Marriage license; require previously married applicant to provide certified copy of divorce or annulment when applying for.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 829 · Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 868 · The Landowners Protection Act; repeal the provisions of the.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 895 · Grandparent visitation; revise to include great-grandparents.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 897 · State advertising; prohibit elected and appointed officers from publicly participating in.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 906 · Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 923 · Motor fuel sales; provide immunity for damages caused by the use of incompatible fuel upon certain conditions.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 932 · Child support withholding orders; revise provisions to comply with the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 933 · Child support payment; suspend obligation to pay when the person to pay is incarcerated.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 934 · Eminent domain; require compensation for loss of business goodwill and value of commercial farm operations.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 951 · Department of Human Services; authorize to use additional methods of communication to send notices relating to child support to financial institutions.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 956 · Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1006 · Liquefied petroleum gas providers; provide affirmative defense in civil actions for damage or injury caused by certain circumstances.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1012 · Charitable solicitations; revise provisions relating to notice, demand and service of process.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1017 · Officers who may administer oaths; add chiefs of police and sheriffs.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1078 · Perpetual care and preneed cemetery and funeral laws; unlawful to make false or misleading statements in records under.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1152 · "The Rational Use of Product Act"; create.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1158 · Graves and abandoned public cemeteries; create process to enter and exit without landowner's permission.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1172 · Social media company community standards; require court to issue injunction when plaintiff demonstrates violation of by a defendant's communications on social media platform.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1181 · The MS Registered Agents Act; revise to include "email address."
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1226 · Fifteenth Circuit Court Districts; remove residency requirement for Pearl River County and reduce the number of judges for the district.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1227 · Fifteenth Circuit Court District; reduce the number of judges for.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1228 · Fifteenth Circuit Court District; revise residency requirement.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1265 · Occupational license; revise judicial review related to suspension of.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1266 · Occupational license; revise judicial review related to suspension of.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1267 · Occupational license; revise judicial review related to suspension of.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1280 · Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1295 · Child support; prohibit imputation of income based on a standard amount in lieu of gathering facts.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 209 · Gestational agreements; authorize gestational mother and intended parents to create and seek court's validation of.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 131 · Fireworks; authorize sale of year-round.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 132 · Fireworks; require to be located within a permanent structure.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 141 · Public records; extend repealer on statute granting persons public right of access to.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 151 · Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 190 · Adoptees; authorize those 21 years of age or older to have unrestricted access to information.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
House Bill 101 · Bad faith assertions of patent infringement; extend repealer on prohibitions against.
Sent January 7, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 102 · Amusement rides; provide inspection and incident reporting requirements for.
Sent January 7, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 34 · Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until determination of disability.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 28 days