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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2611

Adoption; authorize court to waive home study requirement, criminalize disclosure of records.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-17-3 AND 93-17-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO DETERMINE IF A HOME STUDY IS NECESSARY IN AN ADOPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 93-17-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO DISCLOSE INFORMATION RECEIVED DURING CLOSED ADOPTION HEARINGS OR FROM RECORDS PERTAINING TO ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS ARE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL CONTEMPT; 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

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

Judiciary, Division AJan 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

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published