Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2688
Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY 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 WHEN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY NECESSITATES; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR THE APPROPRIATE METHODS OF PERFORMING AN EXAMINATION FOR THE PRESENCE OF A FETAL HEARTBEAT; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PHYSICIAN PERFORMING AN ABORTION ON A PREGNANT WOMAN BEFORE DETERMINING IF 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 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 21 – Feb 5
- Jan 21Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate