Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2694
Paternity proceedings; revise determination of child's surname.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-9-9 AND 41-57-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SURNAME OF A CHILD BORN TO PARENTS WHO ARE NOT MARRIED SHALL BE EITHER AS AGREED UPON BY THE NATURAL PARENTS OR AS DETERMINED BY A COURT ACCORDING TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD; 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 20 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate