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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2761

Birth certificate; major errors may be corrected by order of tribal court.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare 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 41-57-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW A TRIBAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DECIDE A PROCEEDING TO CORRECT ANY MAJOR DEFICIENCY IN A MISSISSIPPI BIRTH CERTIFICATE; TO RETAIN THE PROVISION THAT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH BE NAMED AS A RESPONDENT IN THE MATTER; 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

1 co-sponsor

Sampson Jackson II

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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published