---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit judges and chancellors; increase office operating and expense allowances and support staff funding."
description: "Circuit judges and chancellors; increase office operating and expense allowances and support staff funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1216 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ac022ca-12cf-4ee6-a929-4a2528777fcf"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "6d493d0047d4a1fd0c015c3be1e2543eed70349fb5737b6bd737ca3ec5e8545a"
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 1216 (2023) — Circuit judges and chancellors; increase office operating and expense allowances and support staff funding.

## 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/1200-1299/HB1216IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1216_H_Amend_01.htm)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1216.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1216PS.htm)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1216SG.htm)
6. **Substitute No 1 for Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1216_S_Subst_1_for_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **108–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **118–2** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)
- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: JA To AP
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To JA
- **2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: JA To AP
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+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,Reynolds,Hood
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Simmons (12th),Hopson
- **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** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+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/3ac022ca-12cf-4ee6-a929-4a2528777fcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).