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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors."
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description: "Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
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legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2135"
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citation: "Mississippi SB 2135 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fillingane"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4166c2a8-aefd-4758-8685-58cdf8c7fc40"
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source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/Senate_authors/Fillingane.xml"
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source_hash: "a87789a6b17edfed8116fbddce1196bfa60525bb783ae9a3610772b385aa2eba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
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---
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# Mississippi SB 2135 (2026) — Juror qualifications; clarify qualified electors must be active voters to be competent jurors.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2135IN.htm)
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2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/SB2135_S_Amend_01.pdf)
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3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2135PS.htm)
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4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2135SG.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **82–35** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fillingane — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
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- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
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- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4166c2a8-aefd-4758-8685-58cdf8c7fc40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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