l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2811

Life Equality Act of 2020; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE LIFE EQUALITY ACT OF 2020; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROHIBIT ABORTIONS BEING PERFORMED BECAUSE OF RACE, SEX OR GENETIC ABNORMALITY EXCEPT IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY; TO REQUIRE THE PHYSICIAN PERFORMING AN ABORTION TO NOTATE IN A REPORT THAT THE ABORTION IS NOT SOUGHT BECAUSE OF RACE, SEX OR THE PRESENCE OF A GENETIC ABNORMALITY; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CREATE THE FORMS NECESSARY FOR THE REPORTS UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES, PROFESSIONAL SANCTIONS AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THE ACT CREATES OR RECOGNIZES A RIGHT TO AN ABORTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE SEVERABLE; 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

Its course

February 17 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 Feb 17 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate