Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2247
Adoptions and child support orders regarding same sex couples; shall not be enforced by the courts of this state.
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 COHABITING 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 6 to February 2, 2010, 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 SenateJan 6 to Feb 2 · stopped27 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 6 to Feb 2 · stopped27 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 Jan 6 – Feb 2
- Jan 6Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 6Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate