Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2750
Acknowledgment of matrimony & paternity; revise related provisions, define certain terms & recognize a fundamental right of a parent.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-57-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE BIRTH OF A CHILD, THE HOSPITAL, BIRTHING CENTER, MIDWIFE OR OTHER BIRTH ATTENDANT SHALL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHILD'S MOTHER TO COMPLETE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MATRIMONY AND PATERNITY, STATING WHETHER SHE IS MARRIED TO THE CHILD'S NATURAL FATHER, MARRIED TO SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE CHILD'S NATURAL FATHER OR UNMARRIED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH, THE CHILD'S MOTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CHILD IS BORN OUT OF LAWFUL MATRIMONY OR IF THE RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC TESTS INDICATE THAT THE HUSBAND OF THE CHILD'S MOTHER, IF SHE IS MARRIED, IS NOT THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER OF THE CHILD, THAT THE CHILD'S MOTHER AND NATURAL FATHER, IF PRESENT AND IDENTIFIABLE, SHALL BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 93-9-28(4); TO AMEND SECTION 41-57-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MIRROR EXISTING STATUTORY LANGUAGE REGARDING A CHILD BORN OUT OF LAWFUL MATRIMONY; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE A NECESSARY FINDING TO BE GRANTED RELIEF IN A PETITION FOR DISESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY THAT THE CHILD WAS NOT CONCEIVED BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WHILE THE LEGAL FATHER ORDERED TO PAY SUPPORT AND THE CHILD'S MOTHER WERE MARRIED; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 1-3-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "MOTHER," "FATHER" AND "PARENT"; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ISSUE RULES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LIBERTY OF A PARENT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THAT PARENT'S CHILD IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT AND THAT NEITHER THIS STATE, ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE NOR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY SUBSTANTIALLY BURDEN SUCH RIGHT WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING THAT THE BURDEN IS REQUIRED BY A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF FURTHERING THAT COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST; 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 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate