Bill Text: MS HB1285 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Unnatural intercourse law; revise to remove "mankind" from.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1285 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-HB1285-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Anderson (110th)
House Bill 1285
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-29-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE UNNATURAL INTERCOURSE LAW TO REMOVE THE WORD "MANKIND"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-29-59. Every person who
shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature
committed * * * with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the
Penitentiary for a term of not more than ten (10) years.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
