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2019 Regular Session

House Bill 732

Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 13, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-41-34.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT AN ABORTION OF AN UNBORN HUMAN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT EXCEPT TO PREVENT THE DEATH OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN OR TO PREVENT A SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION OF THE WOMAN; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PHYSICIAN PERFORMING AN ABORTION ON A PREGNANT WOMAN AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE UNBORN HUMAN INDIVIDUAL HAS A DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT IS SUBJECT TO LICENSE REVOCATION OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION; 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

23 co-sponsors

Robert Foster, Stephen A. Horne, William Shirley, Patricia H. Willis, Lester Carpenter, John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III, William Tracy Arnold, Steve Hopkins, Dana Criswell, Dan Eubanks, Kevin Ford, Fred Shanks, Mark Baker, Jason White, Randy P. Boyd, Doug McLeod, Carolyn Crawford, Timmy Ladner, Larry Byrd, Bill Kinkade, Ashley Henley, Shane Barnett, John Glen Corley

Its course

January 17 to March 13, 2019, 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 17 to Feb 1327 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Feb 519 days

In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 13 · stopped28 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 27 to Mar 56 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 17 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 5Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 13Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 15 – Mar 13

  1. Feb 15Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 27Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 13Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 13Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 15Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 27Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  8. Mar 5Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedSenate
  9. Mar 13Died On CalendarSenate