Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2309
Child grooming and morphed images; criminalize and amend provisions related to.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-5-32, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE CRIME OF GROOMING OF A CHILD; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-5-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE DEFINITION OF IDENTIFIABLE CHILD AND TO REMOVE IDENTIFIABLE CHILD IN THE DEFINITION OF CHILD AND MORPHED IMAGES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-5-33, 97-5-35 AND 97-5-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE PROVISIONS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSE OF EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD, FOR THE PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-5-5 AND 97-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE PROVISIONS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSES OF ENTICING A CHILD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 20 to March 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 action7 actions on 6 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 1324 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 20 to Feb 415 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 days
Judiciary BFeb 17 to Mar 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 13
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 13Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 4
- Feb 14Sent to the House
- Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
- Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 13Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
- Feb 13PassedSenate
- Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
- Feb 17Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives