Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1385
Abortion; provide for statewide referendum on question of prohibiting abortions in Mississippi.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 41-41-45 AND 97-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBIT THE PERFORMING OR INDUCING OF AN ABORTION EXCEPT WHERE NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR WHERE THE PREGNANCY WAS CAUSED BY RAPE; TO PROVIDE FOR A STATEWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2023, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER ABORTIONS SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING ON THE QUESTION IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION VOTE FOR PROHIBITING ABORTIONS IN MISSISSIPPI, THEN THIS ACT SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING ON THE QUESTION IN THE ELECTION VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITING ABORTIONS IN MISSISSIPPI, THEN THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2024; 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
Sponsor
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives