republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2023/hb-1111.md

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Bill	County court jurisdiction for termination of parental rights; authorize for both involuntary and voluntary termination.	County court jurisdiction for termination of parental rights; authorize for both involuntary and voluntary termination.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2023	HB 1111	Mississippi HB 1111 (2023)	bill	Judiciary A Judiciary Division A	enacted	Owen	5	19	4	2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00	2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/965c5d9e-035e-4aab-962d-5e6166059540	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Owen.xml	539e7a089e8644edab09377a6e682c66b428a3b52fb83430c7e4962922a94ad2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1111 (2023) — County court jurisdiction for termination of parental rights; authorize for both involuntary and voluntary termination.

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. 1111 (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

• Adopt Conference Report — 116–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 48–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Owen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary A referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2023-02-03T06:00:00+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 As Amended committee-passage
• 2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Cockerham,White,Reynolds
• 2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,Barrett
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/965c5d9e-035e-4aab-962d-5e6166059540. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).