---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kaelin Kersh Act; create."
description: "Kaelin Kersh Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1202"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1202 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chism"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10640063-dae1-4a59-882f-497e6cb07673"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1202.xml"
source_hash: "9856551315d01e2458ca46c5040355f375182a595c10a8a646963955f8c6f675"
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 1202 (2018) — Kaelin Kersh Act; create.

## 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/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1202IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1202PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1202SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chism — primary (person)
- Baria — cosponsor (person)
- Hale — cosponsor (person)
- Hines — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Paden — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers_(61st) — cosponsor (person)
- Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Weathersby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Gipson,Bailey,Hale
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Doty,Turner-Ford
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-13T05:00:00+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/10640063-dae1-4a59-882f-497e6cb07673`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).