Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2322
Mississippi Surrogacy and In Vitro Child and Parent Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI SURROGACY AND IN VITRO CHILD AND PARENT ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SURROGACY AND IN VITRO PREGNANCIES; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE DONATION OF EGGS, SPERM OR PREEMBRYOS; TO ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PREPLANNED ADOPTION AGREEMENTS AND GESTATIONAL SURROGACY CONTRACTS; TO SET CERTAIN PARENTAL RIGHTS INVOLVING CHILDREN PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF ARTIFICIAL OR IN VITRO INSEMINATION; TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXPEDITED ADOPTION OR AFFIRMATION PROCEDURE FOR PARENTAL STATUS INVOLVING GESTATIONAL SURROGACY OR PREPLANNED ADOPTIONS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF EGGS, SPERM OR PROEMBRYOS; TO SET CERTAIN TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS INVOLVING SURROGACY AND IN VITRO PREGNANCIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-17-5 AND 93-17-6 MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATED TO ADOPTIONS SHALL NOT APPLY TO PARENTS OR CHILDREN SUBJECT TO THE ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 93-17-7, 93-17-8 AND 93-17-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE CASES INVOLVING PARENTS OR CHILDREN SUBJECT TO THE ACT IN CERTAIN ADOPTION PROCEDURES; 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 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate