l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 933

Wrongful death action; damages not awarded parent who has abandoned a child.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 4, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO PARENT WHO HAS ABANDONED A CHILD SHALL BE AWARDED DAMAGES FOR WRONGFUL DEATH OF THAT CHILD; 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

Its course

January 19 to February 4, 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 action4 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 4 · stopped16 days

Judiciary AJan 19 to Jan 212 days

Judiciary AFeb 4 to Feb 4 · stopped0 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 19 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Jan 21Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Recommitted to committee in the House
  4. Died in committee in the House
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 21Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4Recommitted to CommitteeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives