Mississippi House Bill 1018 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 93-17-215, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Any Adoptee Who Is Twenty-four Years Of Age Or Older To Request Identifying Information Of Both Birth Parents ; To Amend Sections 93-17-205, 93-17-219 And 93-17-221, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception To A Birth Parents' Right To Keep Identifying Information Confidential For A Person Twenty-four Years Of Age Or Older; To Amend Section 93-17-223, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Persons Twenty-four Years Of Age Or Older From The Prohibition Of Divulging Birth Parent Information; To Amend Section 93-17-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Release Of The Original Birth Certificate To Any Adoptee Age Twenty-four Years Of Age Or Older; And For Related Purposes.

Adoptees; authorize those twenty-four years of age or older.

Rep. Billy Calvert [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
93	17	205	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	21	New Code	See Bill Text
93	17	215	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	219	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	221	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	223	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1018.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018IN.htm