Mississippi House Bill 605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That Any Person Who Has Been Convicted Of A Rape Offense And The Victim Of That Rape Offense Has Conceived And Delivered A Child As A Result Of The Rape, Shall Not Have Custody Or Visitation Rights, Or The Rights Of Inheritance From Such Child; To Create New Section 93-15-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Words, "parent" And "father" Shall Not Mean Any Father Of A Child, Who Is The Biological Father As A Result Of A Rape Committed By Such Father Upon The Biological Mother Of The Child For Purpose Of Termination Of Parental Rights; To Amend Sections 93-13-1, 11-7-13, 11-44-13, 91-1-3, 91-8-303, 91-1-15 And 71-3-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Bring Forward Section 71-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Worker Compensation Payments Made To The Families Of Employees Whose Injuries Resulted In Death, For Purposes Of Possiblle Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Parental rights; revise for children conceived by rapist.

Rep. Bobby Moak [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0605.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0605IN.htm