Mississippi 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House 2 R cosponsors

HB 1366 — Judicial office allowance and court fees; revise.

Last action — Died In Conference

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

38 added · 39 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill HB 1366 clarify the rules regarding the office operating allowance for circuit judges and chancellors in Mississippi. Specifically, it allows for out-of-state travel expenses related to both legal education and attendance at the Mississippi Bar Convention when other funds are unavailable. This change is important because it ensures judges have the resources to receive professional training and stay connected with their peers, which can enhance the overall quality of the judicial system.

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Appropriations A COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
Appropriations A HOUSE BILL NO.
1366 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE HOW CIRCUIT AND CHANCERY JUDGES MAY USE THEIR OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCES;
1366 (As Passed the House) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE HOW CIRCUIT AND CHANCERY JUDGES MAY USE THEIR OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCES;
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 1 (GT\KP) allowance may be used for out of state travel to the Mississippi Bar Convention if no other funds are available.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 1 (GT\KP) allowance may be used for out of state travel to the Mississippi Bar Convention if no other funds are available.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 2(GT\KP) purpose of providing support staff to judges.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 2(GT\KP) purpose of providing support staff to judges.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 3(GT\KP) allotted the amount of One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00) per fiscal year for all support staff approved by the Administrative Office of Courts.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 3(GT\KP) allotted the amount of One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00) per fiscal year for all support staff approved by the Administrative Office of Courts.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 4(GT\KP) (d) "Law clerk" means a clerk hired to assist a judge or judges who has a law degree or who is a full-time law student who is making satisfactory progress at an accredited law school.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 4(GT\KP) (d) "Law clerk" means a clerk hired to assist a judge or judges who has a law degree or who is a full-time law student who is making satisfactory progress at an accredited law school.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 5(GT\KP) appropriated shall carryover and be available for use in the succeeding or succeeding budget years.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 5(GT\KP) appropriated shall carryover and be available for use in the succeeding or succeeding budget years.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 6(GT\KP) (iv) Sectional index entries per section or subdivision lot.........................................$ 1.00 (v) Archive fee.........................$ 1.00 (vi) Entering marginal notations, if requested on document or by cover letter, pertaining to the recording of any oil and gas document only per book and page.............$ 4.00 (d) (i) Furnishing copies of any papers of record or on file:
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 6(GT\KP) (iv) Sectional index entries per section or subdivision lot.........................................$ 1.00 (v) Archive fee.........................$ 1.00 (vi) Entering marginal notations, if requested on document or by cover letter, pertaining to the recording of any oil and gas document only per book and page.............$ 4.00 (d) (i) Furnishing copies of any papers of record or on file:
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 7(GT\KP) Provided that the fees herein prescribed shall be the total remuneration for the clerk and his deputies for attending chancery court.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 7(GT\KP) Provided that the fees herein prescribed shall be the total remuneration for the clerk and his deputies for attending chancery court.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 8(GT\KP) and shall accrue to the chancery clerk at the time of filing.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 8(GT\KP) and shall accrue to the chancery clerk at the time of filing.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 9(GT\KP) (b) (i) Recording each deed, will, lease, amendment, subordination, lien, release, cancellation, order, decree, oath, etc., per book and page listed where applicable, each deed of trust, or any other document, for the first five (5) pages...................................................$ 25.00 (ii) Each additional page...............$ 1.00 (c) (i) Recording oil and gas leases, cancellations, etc., including indexing in general indices;
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 9(GT\KP) (b) (i) Recording each deed, will, lease, amendment, subordination, lien, release, cancellation, order, decree, oath, etc., per book and page listed where applicable, each deed of trust, or any other document, for the first five (5) pages...................................................$ 25.00 (ii) Each additional page...............$ 1.00 (c) (i) Recording oil and gas leases, cancellations, etc., including indexing in general indices;
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 10(GT\KP) per page................................................$ .25 (ii) Entering marginal notations on documents of record.....................................$ 1.00 (e) For attending the board of supervisors' meeting an annual sum not exceeding................................$ 5,000.00 (f) For other services as clerk of the board of supervisors an allowance shall be made to him (payable semiannually at the July and January meetings) out of the county treasury, an annual sum not exceeding...................$10,000.00 (g) For each day's attendance on the chancery court, to be approved by the chancellor:
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 10(GT\KP) per page................................................$ .25 (ii) Entering marginal notations on documents of record.....................................$ 1.00 (e) For attending the board of supervisors' meeting an annual sum not exceeding................................$ 5,000.00 (f) For other services as clerk of the board of supervisors an allowance shall be made to him (payable semiannually at the July and January meetings) out of the county treasury, an annual sum not exceeding...................$10,000.00 (g) For each day's attendance on the chancery court, to be approved by the chancellor:
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 11(GT\KP) (j) For each civil filing, to be deposited into the Civil Legal Assistance Fund.............................$ 5.00 The chancery clerk shall itemize on the original document a detailed fee bill of all charges due or paid for filing, recording and abstracting same.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 11(GT\KP) (j) For each civil filing, to be deposited into the Civil Legal Assistance Fund.............................$ 5.00 The chancery clerk shall itemize on the original document a detailed fee bill of all charges due or paid for filing, recording and abstracting same.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 12(GT\KP) (4) Cost of process shall be borne by the issuing party.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 12(GT\KP) (4) Cost of process shall be borne by the issuing party.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 13(GT\KP) successor in office shall perform all duties set forth above without additional compensation or fee.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 13(GT\KP) successor in office shall perform all duties set forth above without additional compensation or fee.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 14(GT\KP) Each additional page.....................................$ 1.00 (f) Furnishing copies of any papers of record or on file and entering marginal notations on documents of record:
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 14(GT\KP) Each additional page.....................................$ 1.00 (f) Furnishing copies of any papers of record or on file and entering marginal notations on documents of record:
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 15(GT\KP) However, in the counties having two (2) judicial districts, such above allowance shall be made for each judicial district.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 15(GT\KP) However, in the counties having two (2) judicial districts, such above allowance shall be made for each judicial district.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 16(GT\KP) districts, such allowance shall be made in each judicial district;
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 16(GT\KP) districts, such allowance shall be made in each judicial district;
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 PAGE 17(GT\KP) SECTION 4.
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH PAGE 17(GT\KP) SECTION 4.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2025.
1366 *HR43/R1962CS.1* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962CS.1 ST:
1366 *HR43/R1962PH* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR43/R1962PH ST:
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Action History

  1. Died In Conference

  2. Conferees Named Wiggins,Barnett,Hopson

  3. Conferees Named Hood,Yates,Cockerham

  4. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  5. Returned For Concurrence

  6. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  7. Motion to Reconsider Entered

  8. Passed As Amended

  9. Amended

  10. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  11. DR - TSDPAA: AP To JA

  12. DR - TSDP: JA To AP

  13. Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations

  14. Transmitted To Senate

  15. Passed As Amended

  16. Amended

  17. Committee Substitute Adopted

  18. Read the Third Time

  19. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  20. DR - TSDPCS: AP To JA

  21. DR - TSDPCS: JA To AP

  22. Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations A

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 173 not signed on · 3 voted No

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Not signed on (173)

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Votes

Passage as Amended

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Republican 31001
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 50001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (51)
Member Party Vote
Horhn — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Derrick T. Simmons Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Reginald Jackson Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sarita Simmons Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Bart Williams Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Nicole Boyd Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Not Voting
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 108 Yea · 3 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 73004
Democrat 30305
Independent 2000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 108309
% of votes cast 90%3%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Lancaster — Yea
Paden — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Not Voting
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Cheikh Taylor Democrat Nay
Christopher M. Bell Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Fabian Nelson Democrat Yea
Gregory Holloway, Sr. Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Yea
Jeramey Anderson Democrat Not Voting
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Nay
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Justis Gibbs Democrat Not Voting
Kabir Karriem Democrat Not Voting
Karl Gibbs Democrat Yea
Keith Jackson Democrat Yea
Kenji Holloway Democrat Yea
Lataisha Jackson Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Nay
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tamarra Butler-Washington Democrat Yea
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Not Voting
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Andy Boyd Republican Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Beth Luther Waldo Republican Not Voting
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brad Mattox Republican Yea
Brent Anderson Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Bell Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Elliot Burch Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jill Ford Republican Yea
Jim Estrada Republican Yea
Jimmy Fondren Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Not Voting
Jonathan McMillan Republican Yea
Joseph Tubb Republican Yea
Josh Hawkins Republican Yea
Justin Keen Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Kimberly Remak Republican Yea
Lance Varner Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Rodney Hall Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Not Voting
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Lott Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
W.I. "Doc" Harris Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea
Zachary Grady Republican Not Voting

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Who sponsors HB 1366?
HB 1366 is sponsored by Joey Hood (Republican) and Kevin Horan (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1366?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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