---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail agents; revise procedure for determining in municipal and justice courts."
description: "Bail agents; revise procedure for determining in municipal and justice courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2298"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2298 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a2d0770-e303-479d-9d72-504bb5495a7e"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/England.xml"
source_hash: "01e0f938649ed22e30d498f898ea56b6703df8f74cbb9bc9a01a9e07353eb45f"
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 2298 (2023) — Bail agents; revise procedure for determining in municipal and justice 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/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2298IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2298PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2298SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+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/4a2d0770-e303-479d-9d72-504bb5495a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).