Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2016
Guardianship; clarify a parent's right to nominate a guardian in TPR proceedings and clarify the fictive kin disposition alternative.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-119, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY A PARENT'S RIGHT TO NOMINATE A GUARDIAN BEFORE FINAL TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-609, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE DISPOSITION ALTERNATIVE OF APPOINTING FICTIVE KIN AS A GUARDIAN; 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 6 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 SenateJan 6 to Feb 1 · stopped26 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 6 to Feb 1 · stopped26 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 6 – Feb 1
- Jan 6Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 6Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate