l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 202

Pregnancy; provide crime of child abuse for women using illegal drugs during.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE DRUG TESTING OF PREGNANT WOMEN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT A POSITIVE TEST SHALL CONSTITUTE CHILD ABUSE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-5-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS 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.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

William Tracy Arnold

Its course

January 14 to February 5, 2013, 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 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days

Judiciary BJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 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 14 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published