l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 1467

Abortion; revise parental consent provisions for performing abortions on minors.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-41-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT THE PARENTAL CONSENT NEEDED FOR A MINOR TO HAVE AN ABORTION MUST BE NOTARIZED; TO REQUIRE THE PHYSICIAN WHO IS TO PERFORM THE ABORTION TO KEEP THE NOTARIZED WRITTEN CONSENT IN THE MEDICAL FILE OF THE MINOR FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-41-54, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRED MONTHLY REPORTS TO BE MADE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INDICATING THE NUMBER OF CONSENTS OBTAINED, THE NUMBER OF TIMES IN WHICH EXCEPTIONS WERE MADE TO THE CONSENT REQUIREMENT, THE TYPE OF EXCEPTION, THE MINOR’S AGE, AND THE NUMBER OF PRIOR PREGNANCIES AND PRIOR ABORTIONS OF THE MINOR; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 41-41-51 AND 41-41-55 THROUGH 41-41-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, RELATING TO REQUIRED PROCEDURES FOR PERFORMING ABORTIONS ON MINORS; 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

Its course

February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published