---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service of summons in youth courts; shall be made pursuant to the Uniform Rules of the Youth Court Practice."
description: "Service of summons in youth courts; shall be made pursuant to the Uniform Rules of the Youth Court Practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1286"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1286 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54a07039-e1bf-4bc6-aee4-c618d14bfd5a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "186a70094e009cbb2f5a64ea537bd3cb46d0ea4b5f4fea5cf62c09e474b2e661"
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 1286 (2020) — Service of summons in youth courts; shall be made pursuant to the Uniform Rules of the Youth Court Practice.

## 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/1200-1299/HB1286IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB1286_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1286.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1286PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1286SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **118–0** (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`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+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/54a07039-e1bf-4bc6-aee4-c618d14bfd5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).