l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 560

Destructive Human Embryo Research Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "DESTRUCTIVE HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH ACT"; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS RELATING TO THE USE OF HUMAN EMBRYOS CREATED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO CREATE THE FELONY OF INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CONDUCTING DESTRUCTIVE RESEARCH ON A HUMAN EMBRYO OR TRANSFERRING A HUMAN EMBRYO OR GAMETE FOR DESTRUCTIVE RESEARCH PURPOSES; TO PRESCRIBE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT; 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 House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Lester Carpenter, Alex Monsour

Its course

January 13 to February 3, 2009, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 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 House of Representatives Jan 13 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published