Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2335
Practice of midwifery; establish board and provide standards for licensure.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTIONS 73-72-1 THROUGH 73-72-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT STANDARDS FOR THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY; TO CREATE A MISSISSIPPI LICENSED MIDWIFERY BOARD AND PRESCRIBE ITS MEMBERSHIP; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ISSUE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THE MIDWIFERY PRACTICE ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ISSUE LICENSES AND ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS AND RENEWAL, SUSPENSION AND REINSTATEMENT; TO PRESCRIBE FEES; TO PROVIDE GROUNDS FOR LICENSE DISCIPLINARY ACTION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ACT AND THE USE OF TITLE "LICENSED MIDWIFE"; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 7 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 SenateFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 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 Feb 7 – Mar 6
- Feb 7Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 7Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate