Mississippi House Bill 1084 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Failed on February 27 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-27 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That A Court Shall Conduct A Preliminary Hearing When A Child Is Alleged To Have Been Conceived As A Result Of A Rape Or Sexual Battery; To Require The Hearing Upon Conviction Of The Alleged Parent Of The Child; To Require A Court To Determine Whether There Is A Reasonable Chance That A Child Could Have Been Conceived From The Rape Or Sexual Battery; To Require The Court To Send All Information Related To The Conviction And The Preliminary Hearing To The Chancery Court Of The County In Which The Conviction Occurred; To Require The Chancery Court To Determine By Genetic Testing That A Child Was Conceived As A Result Of The Rape Or Sexual Battery For Which The Person Was Convicted; To Provide That The Court Shall Terminate The Parental Rights Of The Convicted Parent If The Child Is Proven To Have Been Conceived As A Result Of The Rape Or Sexual Battery; To Amend Sections 97-3-65, 97-3-101, 93-15-105, 93-15-107, 93-15-113, 93-15-115, 93-15-117 And 91-1-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity With The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Section 11-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Parental Rights of Rapists; terminate for children conceived of rape.

Rep. William Arnold [R]	Rep. Donnie Scoggin [R]	Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]	Rep. Chris Brown [R]
Rep. Randy Boyd [R]

2018-02-08 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 112 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-27	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-02-16	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2018-02-12	House	Transmitted To Senate
2018-02-08	House	Passed As Amended
2018-02-08	House	Amended
2018-02-08	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2018-02-07	House	Read the Third Time
2018-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1084.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1084IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1084CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1084PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/ham/HB1084_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/house/0380016.pdf