HB 1459 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

CCID; authorize Supreme Court Justice to appoint full-time and part-time judges.

HB 1459 establishes an inferior court for Mississippi's Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID), authorizing the Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court to appoint two full-time and one part-time judge. The court will handle criminal matters and traffic violations occurring within the CCID boundaries (the Jackson Capitol Complex area), with full-time judges paid up to $10,000 less than county court judges and part-time judges paid hourly. All fines collected will be deposited with the City of Jackson. The law expires on July 1, 2027.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 11, 2025 Signed Apr 2, 2025

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As Passed the lower → Current version · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill title was updated from 'As Passed the House' to 'As Sent to Governor', indicating it has completed the legislative process and is awaiting final approval. A formatting change was made to section 5, where the repeal date language was adjusted from a single line to a multi-line format. The effective date remains July 1, 2025, and the repeal date remains July 1, 2027.

TECHNICAL

Title header changed from 'As Passed the House' to 'As Sent to Governor' to reflect the bill's current legislative status

Section 5 text formatting changed from single line to multi-line layout, though the substantive content regarding the July 1, 2027 repeal date remains unchanged

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025 · House Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

38–12

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 51

Mar 10, 2025

D Democratic16

3 Yea 12 Nay 1

75% Nay

R Republican35

35 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 2, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

executive

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Concurred in Amend From Senate

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed As Amended

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To State Affairs

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors