l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2442

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 March 3, 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 Senate

Its course

January 12 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Feb 625 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 12 to Jan 2715 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped25 days

Judiciary AFeb 11 to Mar 3 · stopped20 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 6

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 Jan 12 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 12Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 6Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 10Sent to the House
  2. Feb 11Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 6Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 6AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 6Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 11Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives