Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2139
Visitation; clarify right of vulnerable persons and wards who are adults.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-47-30, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE RIGHT OF A VULNERABLE PERSON WHO IS 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO RECEIVE OR REFUSE PRIVATE VISITATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-13-38.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT A GUARDIAN OR CONSERVATOR FROM DENYING VISITATION OF THE WARD WITH CERTAIN INTERESTED PERSONS IF THE VISITATION WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE WARD; TO AMEND SECTION 93-13-259, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF THIS ACT TO ADULT WARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-58, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF WARD; 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 9 to January 31, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate