Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2236
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-257, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO REMOVE FROM THE CENTRAL REGISTRY THE NAME OF ANY SUBSTANTIATED PERPETRATOR WHO WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OR ADJUDICATED; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO RECORD THE NAME OF A REPORTER WHEN RECEIVING A REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO DISCLOSE THE NAME OF A REPORTER TO THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR IN CASES OF FALSE REPORTS AND PURGE ITS RECORDS OF ANY REFERENCE TO THE IDENTITY OF THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR; TO REQUIRE A COURT TO STRIKE FALSE REPORTS FROM ITS RECORDS; 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 31 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 SenateJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 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 31 – Mar 3
- Jan 31Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 31Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate