---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex."
description: "Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1959"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1959 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private", "Local and Private Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2770091a-757c-435c-9573-1b541faa4217"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Barnett.xml"
source_hash: "168223f95a6801eb39f2d9fdf2b632289506d7541ad5b24354301a99732a05c9"
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 1959 (2025) — Wayne County; reenact and extend repealer on assessments on misdemeanor convictions to fund Wayne County Justice Complex.

## 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/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1959IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB1959_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1959.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1959PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1959SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **40–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2025-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+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/2770091a-757c-435c-9573-1b541faa4217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).