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.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 982
Mississippi Human Embryo Adoption Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI HUMAN EMBRYO ADOPTION ACT"; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 93-17-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE TITLE OF THE ACT; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 93-17-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF HUMAN EMBRYOS AND THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 93-17-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 93-17-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRANSFER OF HUMAN EMBRYOS MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED UNDER THE STATE ADOPTION STATUTES AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN CRITERIA SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TRANSFER OF HUMAN EMBRYOS; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 93-17-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS "MINOR" AND "CHILD," AS USED IN THE ADOPTION LAWS, INCLUDE A HUMAN EMBRYO; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE JURISDICTION OF MISSISSIPPI COURTS OVER PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A FROZEN HUMAN EMBRYO WHICH IS LOCATED IN A LABORATORY OR FACILITY IN MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE GENETIC PARENTS OF THE FROZEN EMBRYO TO CONSENT TO THE ADOPTION CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH RELINQUISHING ALL RIGHTS TO THE EMBRYO; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE FINAL DECREE IN PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A HUMAN EMBRYO TO BE ENTERED BEFORE IMPLANTATION OF THE EMBRYO OCCURS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ANY ACTION TO SET ASIDE A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION OF A HUMAN EMBRYO AFTER THE EMBRYO HAS BEEN IMPLANTED; 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
Sponsor
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
- Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives