republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2018/sb-2044.md

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Bill	Special judges; expand authority of Chief Justice to appoint.	Special judges; expand authority of Chief Justice to appoint.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2018	SB 2044	Mississippi SB 2044 (2018)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division A	enacted	Fillingane	3	12	2	2018-01-03T06:00:00+00:00	2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cfab05e4-a0de-468f-9a6e-e7a51db7014f	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/SB/SB2044.xml	e786822c1065fb779193b3bf8632209ae2523bc4a97b9548d4f24b9c651cb1ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2044 (2018) — Special judges; expand authority of Chief Justice to appoint.

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 upper (committee substitute) — source
3. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 52–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 115–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Fillingane — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division A referral-committee
• 2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2018-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2018-02-27T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Read the Third Time reading-3
• 2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2018-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2018-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfab05e4-a0de-468f-9a6e-e7a51db7014f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).