---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Probate and Trust codes; enact portions."
description: "Uniform Probate and Trust codes; enact portions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2851"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2851 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae9e7b8-2b6b-489d-bc0f-48d13fbe35a2"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Jackson_(11th).xml"
source_hash: "c8e4405aeb8bca61dfa423e8802b826d3ab1ac6a31fa3cc8afe13f31df805328"
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 2851 (2020) — Uniform Probate and Trust codes; enact portions.

## 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/SB/2800-2899/SB2851IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2851PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2851CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2851SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doty — primary (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+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/cae9e7b8-2b6b-489d-bc0f-48d13fbe35a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).