l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 206

Chancery court; clarify authority to handle allegations of child abuse.

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 AMEND SECTION 43-21-151, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHANCERY COURT TO HEAR CERTAIN ABUSE ALLEGATIONS REGARDING A MINOR WHEN ALLEGATIONS ARISE DURING A CUSTODY ACTION BETWEEN PARENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-261, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHANCERY COURT APPOINTED REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS OF CHILDREN; 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