l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 435

Parental Rights of Rapists; terminate for children conceived of rape.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A COURT SHALL CONDUCT A PRELIMINARY HEARING WHEN A CHILD IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED AS A RESULT OF A RAPE OR SEXUAL BATTERY; TO REQUIRE THE HEARING UPON CONVICTION OF THE ALLEGED PARENT OF THE CHILD; TO REQUIRE A COURT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A REASONABLE CHANCE THAT A CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED FROM THE RAPE OR SEXUAL BATTERY; TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO SEND ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CONVICTION AND THE PRELIMINARY HEARING TO THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CONVICTION OCCURRED; TO REQUIRE THE CHANCERY COURT TO DETERMINE BY GENETIC TESTING THAT A CHILD WAS CONCEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE RAPE OR SEXUAL BATTERY FOR WHICH THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT SHALL TERMINATE THE PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THE CONVICTED PARENT IF THE CHILD IS PROVEN TO HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE RAPE OR SEXUAL BATTERY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-3-65, 97-3-101, 93-15-105, 93-15-107, 93-15-113, 93-15-115, 93-15-117 AND 93-15-119, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 11-7-3 AND 91-1-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

February 3 to March 3, 2020, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 days

Judiciary BFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 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 House of Representatives Feb 3 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 3Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 3Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives