l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2205

Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 10, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ADOPTEE MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ADOPTEE'S ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IF 18 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF A REVISED BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-205, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

January 8 to March 10, 2021, 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 8 days

In the SenateJan 8 to Feb 528 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 8 to Feb 124 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 10 · stopped33 days

Judiciary AFeb 23 to Mar 27 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

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 8 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 10

  1. Feb 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 23Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Mar 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 9Tabled in the House, subject to being called up again
  5. Mar 10Died on the calendar in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 5PassedSenate
  4. Feb 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 23Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 2Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 9Tabled Subject To CallHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 10Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives