l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 1149

Anonymous reporting of child abuse; remove and add penalties for false reporting of child abuse.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO MAINTAIN RECORDS RELATED TO INVESTIGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE FOR A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; TO AMEND SECTION 97-35-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT FALSE ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE IS A CRIME; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-9-113 AND 97-9-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING AMENDMENTS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 43-21-261, 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

January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published