Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2661
IVF Parental Protection and Adoption and Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act of 2013; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) PARENTAL PROTECTION AND ADOPTION AND ETHICAL TREATMENT OF HUMAN EMBRYOS ACT OF 2013; TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY TO INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CREATE OR ATTEMPT TO CREATE A HUMAN-ANIMAL HYBRID, TO TRANSFER A HUMAN EMBRYO INTO A NONHUMAN WOMB, AND TO TRANSFER A NONHUMAN EMBRYO INTO A HUMAN WOMB; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-18-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-18-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR RELINQUISHMENT OF RIGHTS IN AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO AN EMBRYO; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-18-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR EXPEDITED ADOPTION OF AN EMBRYO; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-18-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXPEDITED ORDER OF ADOPTION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CRIMINALIZE THE CREATION OF A HUMAN EMBRYO BY CERTAIN MEANS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT PAYMENT FOR CREATION OF HUMAN EMBRYOS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION OF EMBRYOS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENUNCIATE A STANDARD OF CARE FOR HUMAN EMBRYOS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SET STANDARDS FOR FACILITIES UNDER THE ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF HUMAN EMBRYOS THAT MAY BE TRANSPLANTED; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE STANDARDS ACCORDING TO THE AGE OF THE PERSON SEEKING TO BE THE MOTHER OF A HUMAN EMBRYO; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR DISPUTES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE INFORMED CONSENT ON THE PART OF PATIENTS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO LIMIT THE INDEPENDENT RIGHT TO PRACTICE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-30-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5
- Jan 21Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate