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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2480

Adoption records, confidentiality of; provide for contempt and misdemeanor proceedings.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ADOPTION RECORDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND A FINDING OF CIVIL CONTEMPT AGAINST A PERSON WHO DISCLOSES ADOPTION RECORDS OR OTHER CONFIDENTIAL ADOPTION INFORMATION WITHOUT LEAVE OF COURT; 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

Its course

January 20 to March 4, 2014, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 516 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 4 · stopped27 days

Judiciary AFeb 15 to Mar 4 · stopped17 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 4

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published