republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2018/hb-1202.md

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Bill	Kaelin Kersh Act; create.	Kaelin Kersh Act; create.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2018	HB 1202	Mississippi HB 1202 (2018)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division A	enacted	Chism	3	19	4	2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00	2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/10640063-dae1-4a59-882f-497e6cb07673	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1202.xml	9856551315d01e2458ca46c5040355f375182a595c10a8a646963955f8c6f675	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1202 (2018) — Kaelin Kersh Act; create.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 117–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage as Amended — 51–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt Conference Report — 118–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chism — primary (person)
• Baria — cosponsor (person)
• Hale — cosponsor (person)
• Hines — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Mickens — cosponsor (person)
• Paden — cosponsor (person)
• Rogers_(61st) — cosponsor (person)
• Sykes — cosponsor (person)
• Weathersby — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-15T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary B referral-committee
• 2018-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division A referral-committee
• 2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2018-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Gipson,Bailey,Hale
• 2018-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Hopson,Doty,Turner-Ford
• 2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2018-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2018-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10640063-dae1-4a59-882f-497e6cb07673. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).