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 296
Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing "mentally retarded" with "intellectual disability".
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-15-13, 37-13-91, 37-23-63, 41-4-18, 41-7-173, 41-7-191, 43-7-61 AND 43-18-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MODERNIZE THE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS USED IN STATE STATUTES TO REFER TO PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY BY REPLACING THE TERM "MENTALLY RETARDED" WITH "INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY"; 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
Its course
January 9 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 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives