Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1292
Child custody; create rebuttable presumption that equal (50-50) joint custody is in best interest of the child.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 93-5-23.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS THAT EQUAL (50-50) JOINT CUSTODY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF A CHILD; TO REQUIRE COURTS TO CONSIDER CERTAIN FACTORS IN DETERMINING IF THE PRESUMPTION FOR EQUAL JOINT CUSTODY HAS BEEN REBUTTED; TO AMEND SECTION 93-5-24, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DECLARE THAT THE CREATION OF THE PRESUMPTION FOR EQUAL JOINT CUSTODY HAS NO EFFECT ON CUSTODY ORDERS ENTERED BEFORE JULY 1, 2024; TO AMEND SECTION 93-5-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
Judiciary BFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives