Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2813
Birth certificate; require designation of sex and prohibit change unless mistake at the time the certificate was issued.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 1-3-82, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE WORD "FEMALE" WHEN USED IN ANY STATUTE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 1-3-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE WORD "MALE" WHEN USED IN ANY STATUTE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 1-3-84, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE WORD "SEX" WHEN USED IN ANY STATUTE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-57-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT A BIRTH CERTIFICATE MUST INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE CHILD'S NAME, THE CHILD'S PARENTS' NAMES, IF KNOWN, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CHILD, THE SEX OF THE CHILD, IDENTIFIED AS MALE OR FEMALE, AS APPLICABLE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DESIGNATION OF THE SEX OF AN INDIVIDUAL ON A BIRTH CERTIFICATION SHALL NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS A MISTAKE WAS MADE AT THE TIME THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-57-21, 41-57-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE 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 Senate
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 SenateFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
Judiciary, Division AFeb 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 Senate Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate