# Mississippi SB 2499: Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction.

Mississippi SB 2499, Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brice Wiggins (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-14 (Failed) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB2499-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Mississippi SB 2499
- State: Mississippi
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Justice court; increase limit of jurisdiction.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-20
- Last action: 2025-02-14, Failed
- Sponsor: Brice Wiggins (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Judiciary, Division A
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (45 yes, 48 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brice Wiggins (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | Failed | fail | 19 | 28 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Passed | pass | 26 | 20 | 2 |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-02-14: Failed (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Amend Defeated on Reconsider (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Reconsidered (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Motion to Reconsider Entered (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Failed (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Reconsidered (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Motion to Reconsider Entered (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Title Suff Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: Referred To Judiciary, Division A (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment No 1 (Lost): [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/sam/SB2499_S_Amend_01.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2499_S_Amend_01.pdf)
- As Introduced: [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2499IN.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/SB/2400-2499/SB2499IN.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 2517: "MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Agent Act"; bring forward. (signed)
- HB 856: Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to. (signed)
- HB 1341: MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incentives. (signed)
- HB 958: Department of Information Technology Services; revise certain provisions relating to acquisition of technology services. (signed)
- HB 913: Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by processors, retail and food establishment prior to final sale. (signed)
- HB 920: Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of various organizations. (signed)

## Sources
- [Amendment No 1 (Lost) (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/sam/SB2499_S_Amend_01.htm)
- [Amendment No 1 (Lost) (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2499_S_Amend_01.pdf)
- [As Introduced (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2499IN.htm)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/SB/2400-2499/SB2499IN.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 2517: "MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Ag…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB2517-2025)
- [HB 856: Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB856-2025)
- [HB 1341: MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incent…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB1341-2025)
- [HB 958: Department of Information Technology Services; revise certain provisions relati…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB958-2025)
- [HB 913: Meat labeling; require accurate labeling of meat and nonmeat products by proces…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB913-2025)
- [HB 920: Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of various orga…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB920-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB2499-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).