---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code of Judicial Conduct; immunity for members of a special campaign committee."
description: "Code of Judicial Conduct; immunity for members of a special campaign committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2138"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2138 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/824ba40d-c1f9-4600-8727-e3185dc9ecf4"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2138.xml"
source_hash: "06259c29e864b9eaf65fa8f41274e97717b790867ab78c4b700a6d27bfc1fcde"
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 SB 2138 (2018) — Code of Judicial Conduct; immunity for members of a special campaign committee.

## 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/SB/2100-2199/SB2138IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2138PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2138SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **115–3** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **114–3** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Withdrawn
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Miles, Baker, Wilson)
- **2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2018-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Blackwell,Polk
- **2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Baker,Smith,Touchstone
- **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
- **2018-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-04-11T05:00:00+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/824ba40d-c1f9-4600-8727-e3185dc9ecf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).