---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers."
description: "Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2378"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2378 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ba0bac1-f380-459b-a33d-4d54998c95a6"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "6ab01540c70b8a298e8f1f765a2051135ed1a8e1722c1e45dda993a6ca9af06e"
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 2378 (2026) — Court reporters; increase fee authorized for preparing transcripts and other papers.

## 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/2300-2399/SB2378IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/SB2378_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2378.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2378PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/ham/SB2378_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2378SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **50–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **96–19** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **49–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fillingane — cosponsor (person)
- Hickman — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (12th) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Thompson,Barrett,Turner-Ford
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Ford (54th),Porter,Zuber
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/9ba0bac1-f380-459b-a33d-4d54998c95a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).