republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2019/hb-904.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Third Circuit Court District; remove residency requirements for judicial office.	Third Circuit Court District; remove residency requirements for judicial office.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2019	HB 904	Mississippi HB 904 (2019)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division A	enacted	Steverson	5	19	4	2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00	2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/10a704c2-98ca-49b4-b49b-0b8de37b3f2c	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Massengill.xml	49e69effe265fc705e15f9c90ea1246e39cc49d8f000880476cc21cbc2708cf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 904 (2019) — Third Circuit Court District; remove residency requirements for judicial office.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 904 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 113–1 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 47–4 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steverson — primary (person)
• Massengill — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-21T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division A referral-committee
• 2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Baker,Beckett,Reynolds
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Hopson,Simmons (12th),McMahan
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10a704c2-98ca-49b4-b49b-0b8de37b3f2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).