---
type: "Bill"
title: "Katie's Law; DNA sample destruction; authorize County Judge for Lee County."
description: "Katie's Law; DNA sample destruction; authorize County Judge for Lee County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2568"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2568 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hopson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d76cb69f-00f1-4886-8256-3bfe4d906360"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2568.xml"
source_hash: "f23a69db2ae9a780d49927d7cf9b1528ba614a7d43834cc76ddc9e18199456fc"
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 2568 (2018) — Katie's Law; DNA sample destruction; authorize County Judge for Lee County.

## 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/2500-2599/SB2568IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2568PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2568SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **51–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **116–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hopson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Dixon, Gipson, Bailey)
- **2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2018-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-03-26T05:00:00+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/d76cb69f-00f1-4886-8256-3bfe4d906360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).