l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1458

Intake process for abused and neglected children in youth court; streamline.

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 43-21-351, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES MAY MAKE CERTAIN WRITTEN OR ORAL REPORTS REGARDING CHILDREN TO THE INTAKE UNIT OF A YOUTH COURT TO ESTABLISH JURISDICTION OF THE COURT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-353, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT TRIAGE PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING SUCH REPORTS; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-357, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE YOUTH COURT UNIT RECEIVES A REPORT OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A CHILD, THEN THE COURT MUST IMMEDIATELY MAKE A REPORT OF SUCH THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI CENTRALIZED INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT UNIT WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; 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