---
type: "Bill"
title: "Path to permanency; provide for children in Child Protection Services."
description: "Path to permanency; provide for children in Child Protection Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1149"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1149 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72a67dd-d8b1-4db0-895c-911d0c867302"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "69b932a8b53a9258ee7564396d2aebcdf59c210790d132e429b39a2ba2e6f67a"
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 1149 (2023) — Path to permanency; provide for children in Child Protection Services.

## 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/HB/1100-1199/HB1149IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1149_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1149.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1149PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1149SG.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,Tullos,Yancey
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,Branning
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 61
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+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/a72a67dd-d8b1-4db0-895c-911d0c867302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).