Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2262
Child abuse; felony if child tests positive for a controlled substance at birth.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-5-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FELONIOUS CHILD ABUSE IS COMMITTED WHEN A CHILD TESTS POSITIVE AT BIRTH FOR CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, THAT WERE NOT PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 43-21-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND IMMUNITY FOR REPORTING SUCH ABUSE; 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
February 5 to February 23, 2016, 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 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 days
Judiciary, Division BFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 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 5 – Feb 23
- Feb 5Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 5Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate