l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1454

Permanency hearing timelines; revise for children adjudicated abused or neglected.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-613, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE YOUTH COURT TO CONDUCT A PERMANENCY HEARING WITHIN 90 DAYS AND THEN EVERY 90 DAYS THEREAFTER, RATHER THAN 120 DAYS OR EVERY 60 DAYS FOR CHILDREN UNDER A CERTAIN AGE, ONCE THE COURT HAS ADJUDICATED A CHILD HAS BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED OR AFTER THE DATE OF THE CHILD'S REMOVAL FROM AN ALLEGEDLY ABUSIVE CUSTODIAN OR PARENT, WHICH EVER OCCURS FIRST; 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

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 Jan 20 – Feb 4

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