Senate Bill 2141

AN ACT TO ENACT THE PROTECTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN ACT; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT IMPOSE LIABILITY ON CERTAIN INTERNET-RELATED ENTITIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS RELATED TO ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXCLUSIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE THROUGH A PRIVATE CIVIL ACTION BROUGHT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EFFECT OF OTHER LAW; TO CREATE A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO THE CIVIL ACTION AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR MARKET-SHARE LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN MANUFACTURERS OF ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS; TO PROVIDE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ACTIONS BROUGHT UNDER THIS CHAPTER; TO PROHIBIT WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO BRING SUIT UNDER THIS CHAPTER; TO DESCRIBE CERTAIN SITUATIONS, CONDUCT AND SPEECH WHERE LIABILITY IS NOT IMPOSED UNDER THE CHAPTER; TO PROVIDE FOR PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND THE APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAW; TO PROHIBIT COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY TO INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE USERS AND PROVIDERS; TO DESCRIBE SCENARIOS IN WHICH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES MAY BE ASSERTED; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHAPTER WITH RESPECT TO CIVIL LIABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW; TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTUAL CHOICE-OF-FORUM PROVISIONS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS FROM COUNTERACTIONS; TO DIRECT CODIFICATION OF THE ACT AS A SEPARATE CHAPTER OF TITLE 11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the Senate

• Joey Fillingane

  Sponsor

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In the Senate Jan 13 – Feb 3

1. Jan 13Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate