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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1387: Kinship payments for foster children; revise who may be paid.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1387 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi House on January 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Kinship payments for foster children; revise who may be paid. Primary sponsor: Angela Cockerham (Independent). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): Approved by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Independent 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Angela CockerhamPrimary sponsorIndependentHouse96
Otis AnthonyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Approved by Governor
  2. Enrolled Bill Signed
  3. Enrolled Bill Signed
  4. Returned For Enrolling
  5. Passed
  6. Title Suff Do Pass
  7. Referred To Judiciary, Division A
  8. Transmitted To Senate
  9. Passed
  10. Title Suff Do Pass
  11. Referred To Youth and Family Affairs

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source