Mississippi House Bill 1509 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 41-41-34.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit An Abortion Of An Unborn Human Individual With A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat Except When A Medical Emergency Necessitates; To Authorize And Direct The State Board Of Health To Promulgate Regulations For The Appropriate Methods Of Performing An Examination For The Presence Of A Fetal Heartbeat; To Amend Section 73-25-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Physician Performing An Abortion On A Pregnant Woman Before Determining If The Unborn Human Individual Has A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat Is Subject To License Revocation Or Disciplinary Action; To Bring Forward Sections 41-41-151, 41-41-153, 41-41-155, 41-41-157, 41-41-159, 41-41-161, 41-41-163, 41-41-165, 41-41-167 And 41-41-169, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Mississippi Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Abortion; prohibit when heartbeat is detected.

Rep. Chris Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1509.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1509IN.htm