Mississippi Senate Bill 2467 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-21-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Develop And Certify Mandatory Reporter Training Statewide Before The Any Training Is Offered; To Amend Section 43-21-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Report Is False When It Is Unsupported By Any Credible Evidence And The Person Intentionally Submitted The Report Knowing That It Was False; To Provide A Penalty For False Reports; To Authorize The Department Of Child Protection Services Or The Attorney General To Prosecute Claims Under This Section; To Amend Section 97-35-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department Of Child Protection Services To Receive Restitution; And For Related Purposes.

CPS; require to develop training statewide for mandatory reporters, provide penalties for false reports.

Sen. Jeremy England [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	21	353	Amended Code	See Bill Text
43	21	355	Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	35	47	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2467.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2467IN.htm