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 2692
Abortion; prohibit an abortion of a fetus with a detectable heartbeat without informed written consent except in medical emergency.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 41-41-34.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT AN ABORTION OF AN UNBORN HUMAN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT WITHOUT THE INFORMED WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN EXCEPT WHEN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY NECESSITATES; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR THE APPROPRIATE METHODS OF PERFORMING AN EXAMINATION FOR THE PRESENCE OF A FETAL HEARTBEAT; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PHYSICIAN PERFORMING AN ABORTION ON A PREGNANT WOMAN PRIOR TO DETERMINING IF THE FETUS HAS A DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT IS SUBJECT TO LICENSE REVOCATION OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION; 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 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 SenateFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 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 Senate Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division B
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate