Mississippi Senate Bill 2768

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-20 - Referred To Judiciary, Division A
Pending: Senate Judiciary, Division A Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Redistrict The Circuit And Chancery Court Districts Pursuant To Section 152 Of Article 6 Of The Mississippi Constitution Of 1890 For The General Election For Judicial Officers To Be Conducted In November 2026; To Amend Section 9-5-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Covington County, Simpson County, And Smith County To The Second Chancery Court District; To Provide Two Chancellors With Residency Requirements For The Second Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Carroll County To The Third Chancery Court District; To Remove Desoto County From The Third Chancery Court District; To Delete The Subdistricts From The Third Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be Two Chancellors For The Third Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Current Counties From The Fourth Chancery Court District; To Add Forrest County, Perry County, And Stone County To The Fourth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Carroll County From The Sixth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Sunflower County To The Seventh Chancery Court District; To Conform The Subdistricts In The Seventh Chancery Court District To The Addition Of Sunflower County; To Amend Section 9-5-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Stone County From The Eighth Chancery Court District; To Revise The Subdistricts Of The Ninth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be Two Chancellors In The Ninth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Sunflower County From The Ninth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Jefferson Davis County And Walthall County To The Tenth Chancery Court District; To Remove Forrest County And Perry County From The Tenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Residency Requirements Of The Chancellors Elected From The Tenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Desoto County To The Thirteenth Chancery Court District; To Provide That There Shall Be Three Chancellors For The Thirteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Lawrence County To The Fifteenth Chancery Court District; To Provide That There Shall Be Two Chancellors For The Fifteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove George County And Greene County From The Sixteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-50, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be Four Chancellors For The Sixteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Amite County, Franklin County And Pike County To The Seventeenth Chancery Court District; To Create Subdistricts In The Seventeenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add George County And Greene County To The Nineteenth Chancery Court District; To Provide That There Shall Be Two Chancellors For The Nineteenth Chancery Court District; To Provide Residency Requirements For The Election Of Chancellors For The Nineteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Current Counties And Subdistricts From The Fourth Circuit Court District; To Add Desoto County To The Fourth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That There Shall Be Three Circuit Judges For The Fourth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Claiborne County, Jefferson County And Pike County To The Sixth Circuit Court District; To Create Subdistricts In The Sixth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Yazoo County To The Ninth Circuit Court District; To Create Subdistricts In The Ninth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Wayne County From The Tenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Sunflower County To The Eleventh Circuit Court District; To Delete The Subdistricts From The Eleventh Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Deletion Of The Subdistricts From The Eleventh Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Pike County And Walthall County From The Fourteenth Circuit Court District; To Add Copiah County And Lawrence County To The Fourteenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Walthall County To The Fifteenth Circuit Court District; To Remove Lawrence County From The Fifteenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-42, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Residency Requirements For The Judges Elected From The Fifteenth Circuit Court District To Conform To The Removal Of Lawrence County; To Amend Section 9-7-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add George County, Greene County, And Wayne County To The Eighteenth Circuit Court District; To Provide That There Shall Be Two Circuit Judges In The Eighteenth Circuit Court District; To Provide Residency Requirements For The Judges Elected For The Eighteenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove George County And Greene County From The Nineteenth Circuit Court District; To Delete Language Governing The Amount Of Local Contribution To Support The Nineteenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Yazoo County From The Twenty-first Circuit Court District; To Add Leflore County And Washington County To The Twenty-first Circuit Court District; To Provide That There Shall Be Three Circuit Judges For The Twenty-first Circuit Court District; To Amend Sections 9-7-57, 9-7-63 And 9-7-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Twenty-first And Twenty-third Circuit Court Districts, To Provide That The Sections Shall Repeal On A Certain Date; To Provide That Revised Precincts Are From The 2010 Census; To Require The Standing Joint Legislative Committee On Reapportionment To Assist The Counties In Identifying The Boundaries Of Subdistricts; To Amend Section 25-31-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Additional Assistant District Attorney To The Twenty-first Circuit Court District; To Provide Additional Assistant District Attorneys To The Seventh Circuit Court District That Were Authorized In Section 25-31-37 Which Is Repealed By This Act; To Provide Two Additional Assistant District Attorneys To The Circuit Court District For Desoto County; To Amend Section 25-31-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Twenty-first Circuit Court District With An Additional Criminal Investigator; To Provide An Additional Criminal Investigator To The Seventh Circuit Court District That Was Authorized In Section 25-31-37 Which Is Repealed By This Act; To Provide That Revised Precincts Are From The 2020 Census; To Provide Senior Full-time Legal Assistants In The Eleventh And Sixth Circuit Court Districts For A One-year Period; To Provide The Procedure To Fill The Offices Of District Attorney And The Judicial Offices Created By Virtue Of This Act; To Repeal Section 25-31-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Appointment Of Assistant District Attorneys And A Criminal Investigator For The Seventh Circuit Court District; And For Related Purposes.

Judicial redistricting; revise provisions related to chancery and circuit courts.

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	31	10	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	31	37	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
25	31	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	21	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	27	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	35	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	36	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	41	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	47	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	49	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	50	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	51	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	55	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	5	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	21	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	34	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	39	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	41	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	42	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	47	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	49	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	55	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	57	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	63	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	7	64	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2768.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2768IN.htm