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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2766

Adoptions and child support orders regarding same sex couples; shall not be enforced by the courts of this state.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT UNMARRIED ADULTS WHO ARE COHABITATING OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE WITH ONE OR MORE SEXUAL PARTNERS MAY NOT ADOPT UNDER MISSISSIPPI LAW AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURTS OF THIS STATE SHALL NOT RECOGNIZE AN ADOPTION IN ANOTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION BY MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS NOT MARRIED UNDER THE TERMS OF MISSISSIPPI LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 93-12-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FROM ANOTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION RESPECTING A RELATIONSHIP OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE SHALL NOT BE ENFORCED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 4 to March 18, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Feb 2016 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 4 to Feb 128 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 18 · stopped27 days

Judiciary AFeb 22 to Mar 18 · stopped25 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 4 – Feb 20

  1. Feb 4Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 12Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 20Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 21 – Mar 18

  1. Feb 21Sent to the House
  2. Feb 22Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Mar 18Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 12Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 20PassedSenate
  4. Feb 21Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 22Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 18Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives