Mississippi Senate Bill 2795 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 25 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-25 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Women's Health Defense Act Of 2013; To Declare Certain Findings Of The Legislature; To Make It Unlawful To Knowingly Provide Or Prescribe Any Abortion-inducing Drug To A Pregnant Woman For The Purpose Of Inducing An Abortion In That Pregnant Woman Unless The Person Who Provides Or Prescribes The Abortion-inducing Drug Is A Physician, And The Provision Or Prescription Of The Abortion-inducing Drug Satisfies The Standard Of Care; To Require The Physician Providing Or Prescribing Any Abortion-inducing Drug To Schedule A Follow-up Visit For The Woman At Approximately 14 Days After Administration Of The Abortion-inducing Drug To Provide Treatment That Meets The Standard Of Care; To Require Physicians Who Provide An Abortion-inducing Drug To Another For The Purpose Of Inducing An Abortion To Report Those Actions To The State Department Of Health And To Report Adverse Events From The Use Of The Abortion-inducing Drug To The Fda; To Provide That A Person Who Intentionally, Knowingly Or Recklessly Violates Any Provision Of This Act Is Guilty Of A Misdemeanor; To Provide That All Remedies Under The Statutory Laws Of This State Are Available If There Is Failure To Comply With The Requirements Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Women's Health Defense Act of 2013; create.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]	Sen. Phillip Gandy [R]	Sen. Billy Hudson [R]	Sen. Tony Smith [R]
Sen. Chris McDaniel [R]

2013-04-03 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 45 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-29 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 84 N: 30 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-05 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 75 N: 33 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-14 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 39 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25		Approved by Governor
2013-04-08	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-08	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-03	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2013-03-29	House	Conference Report Adopted
2013-03-28	House	Conference Report Filed
2013-03-28	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2013-03-26	House	Conferees Named Mims,Gipson,Crawford
2013-03-25	Senate	Conferees Named Kirby,Fillingane,Wiggins
2013-03-19	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2013-03-11	House	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-07	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2013-03-06	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Wooten, Mims, Barker)
2013-03-05	House	Passed As Amended
2013-03-05	House	Amended
2013-02-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-02-26	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services
2013-02-18	Senate	Transmitted To House
2013-02-14	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-02-14	Senate	Amended
2013-02-14	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-02-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2795.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0380008.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0570004.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0810002.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0860040.pdf