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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex."
+description: "Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1959"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1959 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2770091a-757c-435c-9573-1b541faa4217"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
+source_hash: "168223f95a6801eb39f2d9fdf2b632289506d7541ad5b24354301a99732a05c9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 1959 (2025) — Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1959IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1959_S_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1959.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1959PS.htm)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1959SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **40–2** (pass) · upper
+- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barnett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
+- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
+- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2770091a-757c-435c-9573-1b541faa4217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+