Mississippi House Bill 1304 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 41-135-1 And 41-135-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Legislative Findings And Intent And Definitions For The Purposes Of The Statutes Supporting And Promoting Breastfeeding; To Amend Section 41-135-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Maternal Health Care Facilities To Adopt An Infant Feeding Policy That Supports And Promotes Breastfeeding; To Amend Section 41-135-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Maternal Health Care Facilities To Post A Copy Of The "breastfeeding In Mississippi: Guidelines" Conspicuously In A Public Place On Their Premises; To Require That Those Guidelines Include Certain Statements; To Amend Section 41-135-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Health To Provide The Video Prepared By The Department Which Contains Information About The Importance Of Breastfeeding Infants To Other State Agencies That Provide Benefits To Women Of Childbearing Age; To Create New Section 41-135-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Employers To Provide Employees With A Reasonable Break Time And A Private Space To Express Milk During Work Hours; To Amend Section 17-25-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That It Is A Misdemeanor For Any Person To Violate A Mother's Right To Breastfeed Her Child In Any Location Where She Is Otherwise Authorized To Be; To Amend Sections 43-20-31 And 71-1-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Breastfeeding; authorize distribution of statewide info to support breastfeeding in public places.

Rep. Earle Banks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	25	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	135	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	135	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	135	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	135	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	135	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text
43	20	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text
71	1	55	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1304.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1304IN.htm