Mississippi House Bill 529 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-41-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Name Of The Women's Health Protection And Preborn Pain Act To The Women's Health Protection And Fetal Heartbeat Act; To Amend Section 41-41-133, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Several New Definitions To The Act; To Amend Section 41-41-135, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Physicians From Performing Or Inducing An Abortion Without First Making A Determination By Using An Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging Procedure If The Unborn Human Individual That The Pregnant Woman Is Carrying Has A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; To Amend Section 41-41-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Physicians From Performing Or Inducing An Abortion If It Has Been Determined That The Unborn Human Individual That The Pregnant Woman Is Carrying Has A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; To Create New Section 41-41-138, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Criminal Penalties For Physicians Who Knowingly Perform Or Induce An Abortion In Violation Of Section 41-41-135 Or 41-41-137; To Provide That A Pregnant Woman On Whom An Abortion Is Performed Or Induced In Violation Of Section 41-41-135 Or 41-41-137 Is Not Guilty Of Violating Or Attempting To Violate Either Of Those Sections And Is Not Subject To A Criminal Penalty Based On That Violation; To Amend Section 41-41-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 41-41-141, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit The Exemption From The Prohibitions In This Act Only To Cases Where There Exists A Condition In Which An Abortion Is Necessary To Preserve The Life Of The Pregnant Woman And To Remove The Other Exemptions; And For Related Purposes.

Abortion; prohibit after fetal heartbeat is detectable.

Rep. Robert Foster [R]	Rep. William Shirley [R]	Rep. Stephen Horne [R]	Rep. William Arnold [R]
Rep. Jeff Hale [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Jerry Turner [R]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]
Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]	Rep. Randal Rushing [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes [R]
Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]	Rep. Dana Criswell [R]	Rep. Donnie Bell [R]	Rep. Patricia Willis [R]
Rep. Tom Weathersby [R]	Rep. Ray Rogers [R]	Rep. John Corley [R]	Rep. Bill Pigott [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-15	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0529.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0529IN.htm