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Proposed Mississippi Firearm Legislation SB2565

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Legislation Overview

Title: Abortion facility required to have CON and "Mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act"; enact.

Description: An Act To Amend Section 41-75-26, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Licensed Abortion Facilities To Operate With A Current Certificate Of Need Issued By The State Department Of Health And To Prescribe Criminal Penalties For Any Physician Or The Operator Of Any Abortion Facility Which Conducts Abortions Without The Required Certificate Of Need; To Require The Local Medical Examiner To Verify The Proper Licensure And Certification Of The Abortion Facility; To Amend Sections 41-75-1, 41-7-173 And 41-41-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Enact The "mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act"; To Provide That Miscarried, Stillborn Or Aborted Infants Are Treated With Dignity With Proper Burials, That Broken Bodies Of Aborted Infants Are Not Sold For Scientific Experimentation; To Require Fetal Death Reporting And The Issuance Of Fetal Death Certificates For Unborn Infants Lost Early In Pregnancy; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Amend Sections 73-11-58, 73-15-29 And 73-25-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Professional Discipline Of Funeral Directors, Physicians, Registered Nurses And Licensed Practical Nurses To This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 41-39-1, 41-39-3, 41-39-5 And 41-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment To Conform The Disposition Of Human Remains To This Act; To Amend Sections 41-57-31, 41-61-53 And 41-61-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Duties Of The Registrar Of Vital Statistics To Provide For Issuance Of Certificates Of Fetal Death; And For Related Purposes.

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Died In Committee

Last Action Date: January 30, 2018

Sponsors

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4 sponsors: Chad Mcmahan (R); Kevin Blackwell (R); Neil Whaley (R); Jennifer Branning (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (4 of 52)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 30, 2018 Died In Committee
Senate Jan 15, 2018 Referred To Public Health and Welfare
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 18, 2018 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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