---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors."
description: "Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2135"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2135 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4166c2a8-aefd-4758-8685-58cdf8c7fc40"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/Senate_authors/Fillingane.xml"
source_hash: "a87789a6b17edfed8116fbddce1196bfa60525bb783ae9a3610772b385aa2eba"
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 2135 (2026) — Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors.

## 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/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2135IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/SB2135_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2135PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2135SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **82–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fillingane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+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/4166c2a8-aefd-4758-8685-58cdf8c7fc40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).