Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2065
False report of child abuse or neglect; provide criminal penalties and civil liability.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-35-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE FALSE REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES SHALL BE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY MAKES A FALSE REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT MAY BE CIVILLY LIABLE FOR DAMAGES SUFFERED, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-21-257, 43-21-261 AND 43-21-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPROPRIATE RELEASE OF THE IDENTITY OF A REPORTER WHO KNOWINGLY REPORTED A FALSE ALLEGATION OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, AND THEN ONLY BY ORDER OF A COURT OF PROPER JURISDICTION, AND TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; 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 8 to February 5, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 8 to Feb 5 · stopped28 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 8 to Feb 5 · stopped28 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 8 – Feb 5
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate