Mississippi Senate Bill 2897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-13 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Codify The Fundamental Rights Of Parents; To State Legislative Findings; To Provide That The Liberty Interest Of A Parent In The Nurture, Education, Care, Custody, And Control Of The Parent's Child Is A Fundamental Right; To Provide That No Agency Or Officer Of This State Nor Any Agency Or Officer Of Any Subdivision Of This State Shall Infringe Upon Fundamental Parental Rights Except As Provided By Law Narrowly Tailored To Meet A Compelling Governmental Interest By The Least Restrictive Means; To Provide A Claim Or Defense In A Judicial Proceeding For A Person Whose Fundamental Parental Rights Have Been Infringed Upon In Violation Of This Section; To Clarify This Section's Effect On Other Laws Of This State; And For Related Purposes.

Fundamental rights of parents; codify.

Sen. Tyler McCaughn [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-13	Senate	Died On Calendar
2025-01-31	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2897.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2897IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2897CS.htm