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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2176

Paternity; clarify circumstances under which putative father cannot contest.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A PUTATIVE FATHER CANNOT FURTHER CONTEST PATERNITY; 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

1 co-sponsor

Derrick T. Simmons

Its course

January 27 to June 9, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 27 to Mar 1043 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 27 to Feb 2731 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 10 to Jun 9 · stopped91 days

Judiciary AMar 25 to Jun 9 · stopped76 days

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 Senate Jan 27 – Mar 10

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 10 – Jun 9

  1. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  5. Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published