Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 1272
Abortion; repeal statutes prohibiting after 15 weeks' gestation and after detection of fetal heartbeat.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 41-41-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS AN ABORTION AFTER FIFTEEN WEEKS' GESTATION EXCEPT IN CASES OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR SEVERE FETAL ABNORMALITY; TO REPEAL SECTION 41-41-34.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS AN ABORTION OF AN UNBORN HUMAN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT EXCEPT WHEN NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE DEATH OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN OR TO PREVENT A SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION OF THE WOMAN; TO AMEND SECTION 73-25-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT SUBJECTS A PHYSICIAN PERFORMING AN ABORTION ON A PREGNANT WOMAN AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE UNBORN HUMAN INDIVIDUAL HAS A DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT TO LICENSE REVOCATION OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 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
- Jan 17Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services, on Judiciary B and on et al
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary B;et alHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives