Mississippi House Bill 1029 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 93-17-206, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Bureau Of Vital Records Of The State Board Of Health To Issue, Upon Request, A Copy Of The Original Birth Certificate Of An Adoptee Who Is 24 Years Of Age Or Older; To Amend Section 93-17-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Bureau To Prepare A Contact Preference Form That A Birth Parent May File With The Bureau Indicating The Birth Parent's Preference Regarding Being Contacted By A Child The Parent Placed For Adoption; To Require The Bureau To Release A Contact Preference Form, If Any, To An Adoptee Whenever The Adoptee Is Issued An Original Birth Certificate; And For Related Purposes.

Adoption; authorize original birth certificate to be provided to certain adoptees and birth parent contact preference forms.

Rep. Billy Calvert [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-07	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
93	17	205	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1029.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1029IN.htm