---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhanced penalties for crimes against certain persons; include certain CPS employees."
description: "Enhanced penalties for crimes against certain persons; include certain CPS employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1615 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a25d365c-8576-4c58-bbf7-e4371398e183"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Cockerham.xml"
source_hash: "c7efbc2683ff64043ccbfc808b29c04a46a27ad3426392f9180d4ee18319a232"
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 1615 (2026) — Enhanced penalties for crimes against certain persons; include certain CPS employees.

## 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/1600-1699/HB1615IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1615PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1615SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **103–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+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/a25d365c-8576-4c58-bbf7-e4371398e183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).