republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2026/sb-2135.md

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Bill	Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors.	Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2026	SB 2135	Mississippi SB 2135 (2026)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division A	enacted	Fillingane	4	12	2	2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00	2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4166c2a8-aefd-4758-8685-58cdf8c7fc40	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/Senate_authors/Fillingane.xml	a87789a6b17edfed8116fbddce1196bfa60525bb783ae9a3610772b385aa2eba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi SB 2135 (2026) — Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors.

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the upper (committee substitute) — source
4. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 82–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fillingane — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division A referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To House introduction
• 2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary B referral-committee
• 2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Enrolling
• 2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4166c2a8-aefd-4758-8685-58cdf8c7fc40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).