---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of."
description: "Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1926"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1926 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Appropriations A", "Appropriations D"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mims"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c43d97-9ac8-4fa5-bee4-7ded3bf1830c"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Barton.xml"
source_hash: "a57249a0f92fbc5f6c6c84a85afddbac6659b418813d0feecc28ca47e75f5bb0"
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 1926 (2026) — Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.

## 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/HB/1900-1999/HB1926IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1926PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1900-1999/HB1926SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mims — primary (person)
- Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)
- Faulkner — cosponsor (person)
- Hood — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Read — cosponsor (person)
- Rushing — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations D;Appropriations A `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: A3 To AP
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: AP To A3
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+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/57c43d97-9ac8-4fa5-bee4-7ded3bf1830c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).