l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 148

Safeguarding Teens from Out-of-State (abortion) Procedures Act; create felony for assisting minors in procuring abortion.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "SAFEGUARDING TEENS FROM OUT-OF-STATE (ABORTION) PROCEDURES (STOP) ACT"; TO DECLARE CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO CREATE A FELONY OFFENSE FOR PROCURING AN ABORTION OR ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG FOR A MINOR GIRL OR FOR AIDING IN THE PROCUREMENT OF AN ABORTION BY HARBORING OR TRANSPORTING A MINOR GIRL WITH THE INTENT TO CONCEAL THE ABORTION FROM THE CHILD'S PARENTS; TO DECLARE THAT IT IS NOT AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE THAT THE ABORTION OCCURRED IN ANOTHER STATE; TO AUTHORIZE CIVIL REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO INTERVENE IN ANY CASE CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND ENFORCEABILITY 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

Its course

January 10 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 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

Judiciary BJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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 10 – Feb 4

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