---
type: "Bill"
title: "Termination of parental rights; clarify jurisdiction of county and youth courts."
description: "Termination of parental rights; clarify jurisdiction of county and youth courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1129"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1129 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f1a2ab-6942-4dc9-a653-8980bb84615e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "f8edc5e119674ec24e6a44ee5d0dcbeed1869a43b437e246e9fd0cf10bf4f8f8"
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 1129 (2020) — Termination of parental rights; clarify jurisdiction of county and youth courts.

## 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/2020/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1129IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1129PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1129SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+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/f1f1a2ab-6942-4dc9-a653-8980bb84615e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).