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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 476

Child abuse; require CPS to notify applicable military installation family advocacy program in certain cases.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN CASES OF REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, IF THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT A PARENT OR OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OR WELFARE OF AN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILD MAINTAINS ACTIVE DUTY STATUS WITHIN THE MILITARY, THEN THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICABLE MILITARY INSTALLATION FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM THAT THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT THAT RELATES TO THAT 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 House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Kathy Sykes, Debra Gibbs

Its course

January 9 to February 28, 2017, 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 action9 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Feb 729 days

Military AffairsJan 9 to Jan 178 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Jan 247 days

Military AffairsJan 24 to Jan 251 day

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 28 · stopped21 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 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 House of Representatives Jan 9 – Feb 7

  1. Referred to the House committees on Military Affairs and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Reported from MA to PH in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported as a committee substitute from PH to MA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  6. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Feb 28

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published