---
type: "Bill"
title: "Third Circuit Court District; remove residency requirements for judicial office."
description: "Third Circuit Court District; remove residency requirements for judicial office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 904"
citation: "Mississippi HB 904 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a704c2-98ca-49b4-b49b-0b8de37b3f2c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Massengill.xml"
source_hash: "49e69effe265fc705e15f9c90ea1246e39cc49d8f000880476cc21cbc2708cf3"
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 904 (2019) — Third Circuit Court District; remove residency requirements for judicial office.

## 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/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0904IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0904.pdf)
3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0904PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0904_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0904SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **47–4** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steverson — primary (person)
- Massengill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Baker,Beckett,Reynolds
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Hopson,Simmons (12th),McMahan
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+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/10a704c2-98ca-49b4-b49b-0b8de37b3f2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).