---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court interpreters; revise program under the Administration of the Administrative Office of Courts."
description: "Court interpreters; revise program under the Administration of the Administrative Office of Courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1217 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce78835-9539-48b9-94e0-e67258aa289b"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
source_hash: "0b5809b382639cfa0395e97887c6b2e0ceb84928f6ff072f24637b4a6333ee3c"
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 1217 (2023) — Court interpreters; revise program under the Administration of the Administrative Office of Courts.

## 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/HB1217IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1217PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1217SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)
- Anthony — 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 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+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/fce78835-9539-48b9-94e0-e67258aa289b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).