l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 829

Private adoptions; require licensed adoption agencies and attorneys to maintain certain records.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-15-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LICENSED ADOPTION AGENCIES AND ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PRIVATE ADOPTION OF A CHILD TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION IN AN ADOPTION FILE; TO REQUIRE SUCH AGENCIES AND ATTORNEYS TO HAVE A WRITTEN PLAN THAT IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES, FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE CUSTODY OF ADOPTION RECORDS IF THE AGENCIES OR ATTORNEYS CEASE TO PROVIDE ADOPTION SERVICES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 93-17-205, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE CENTRALIZED ADOPTION RECORDS FILE THAT MUST BE MAINTAINED BY THE BUREAU OF VITAL RECORDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

5 co-sponsors

Jim Ellington, D. Stephen Holland, Bobby B. Howell, Mac Huddleston, Jerry R. Turner

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives