HB 1546 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; judicial districts.

HB 1546 is a procedural bill that updates the legal descriptions of Mississippi's judicial districts for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. It reorganizes the county boundaries for the three Supreme Court districts and five Court of Appeals districts, specifying which counties and precincts belong to each district. The bill does not change voting rules, judicial terms, or eligibility requirements - only clarifies the geographic scope of existing districts as defined in prior law. This bill died in committee in March 2025 and did not become law.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates Mississippi's judicial district boundaries and court structure provisions. The main changes include redefining Supreme Court districts, updating Court of Appeals district boundaries with specific county and precinct details, and modernizing term expiration dates for judges. These changes reflect the need to align statutory language with current political and geographic realities.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on judicial district organization and election procedures, but the specific geographic boundaries and term dates have been substantially updated to reflect current conditions.

REQUIREMENT

Supreme Court district boundaries were reorganized with updated county listings to reflect current political district alignments.

Court of Appeals district boundaries were significantly revised with detailed county and precinct specifications for all five districts.

TIMELINE

Judge term expiration dates were updated from 1960s-1970s dates to 1999-2003 dates, and the act's effective date was set to July 1, 2025.

DEFINITION

The structure for designating judge positions (Position Number 1, 2, and 3) was updated to match current Supreme Court and Court of Appeals organizational needs.

Floor votes · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

115–1

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 119

Feb 6, 2025

D Democratic39

35 Yea 1 Nay 3

89% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican78

78 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary, Division A

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary B

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors