Mississippi House Bill 635 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 93-17-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Birth Parent May Provide Supplemental Identifying Information; To Amend Section 93-17-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Procedure For Responding To Requests Of Adoptees; To Amend Section 93-17-215, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Adoptees Who Are 21 Years Of Age Or Older To Have Unrestricted Access To All Identifying Information Of Adoptive Parents; To Amend Sections 93-17-217, 93-17-219 And 93-17-223, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Bring Forward Section 93-17-221, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Adoptee To Petition Chancery Court For Disclosure Of Identifying Information, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Adoptees; authorize those 21 years of age or older to have unrestricted access to information.

Rep. Lee Yancey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-06	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0635.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0635IN.htm