---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paternity; authorize written declaration to establish."
description: "Paternity; authorize written declaration to establish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2877"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2877 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24a78ced-fc62-4763-9d4d-6d57b828b332"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/Senate_authors/Doty.xml"
source_hash: "6402003c3c5fc8c6d81e035bdd326fd3f7cc68eeb2ccb5359c1444be57418d4d"
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 2877 (2020) — Paternity; authorize written declaration to establish.

## 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/SB2877IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/SB2877_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2877.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2877PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2877_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2877SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doty — primary (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 `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Doty,Branning,Boyd
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Watson,Hood
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-08T05:00:00+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/24a78ced-fc62-4763-9d4d-6d57b828b332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).