Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2081
Divorce; authorize a court to grant when it is determined that a marriage is irretrievably broken.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-5-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT OF WILLFUL AND OBSTINATE FROM THE GROUND OF DIVORCE FOR DESERTION; TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL GROUND OF DIVORCE WHEN THE COURT FINDS THERE HAS BEEN AN IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN OF THE MARRIAGE AND THAT FURTHER ATTEMPTS AT RECONCILIATION ARE IMPRACTICAL OR FUTILE AND NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PARTIES OR FAMILY; 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
January 17 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 4 · stopped18 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 17 to Feb 4 · stopped18 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 Jan 17 – Feb 4
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate