Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2893
Health-care decisions; require parental consent for those affecting unemancipated minors with limited exceptions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-41-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PARENT OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR HAS THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION AND CARE, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, OF THE MINOR, AND THAT GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY BURDEN THAT RIGHT UNLESS IT DEMONSTRATES THAT DOING SO FURTHERS A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST AND IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF FURTHERING SUCH INTEREST; TO REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT BEFORE PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO CONSENT ON BEHALF OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR IF A PARENT'S RIGHT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE WHO REASONABLY RELY IN GOOD FAITH ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S REPRESENTATION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS A MINOR'S PARENT SHALL NOT INCUR LIABILITY; TO REPEAL SECTION 41-41-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO TREATS A MINOR FOR A VENEREAL DISEASE IS NOT OBLIGATED TO OBTAIN CONSENT FROM OR TO INFORM A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH TREATMENT; TO REPEAL SECTION 41-41-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT ANY LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR PSYCHOLOGIST WHO CONSULTS WITH OR PRESCRIBES MEDICATION FOR A MINOR OF AT LEAST 15 YEARS OF AGE FOR MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IS NOT OBLIGATED TO OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SAID MINOR; TO AMEND SECTION 41-42-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE FROM CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THE AUTHORITY TO REFER A MINOR FOR CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES AND INFORMATION; 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 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Jan 3010 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 30 to Feb 4 · stopped5 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 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 30Reported as a committee substitute from JA to PH in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 30DR - TSDPCS: JA To PHSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate