Mississippi House Bill 1114 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Sections 93-17-81 Through 93-17-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Shall Be Known As The "adoption Of Human Embryos Act;" To Provide That A Legal Embryo Custodian May Relinquish Rights To An Embryo To A Recipient Intended Parent; To Provide That A Child Born As A Result Of The Relinquished Embryo Shall Be The Legal Child Of The Recipient; To Provide For An Expedited Order Of Adoption Or Parentage; To Create New Section 93-17-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Terms "minor" And "child," As Used In The Adoption Laws, Include A Human Embryo; To Amend Section 93-17-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Jurisdiction Of Mississippi Courts Over Proceedings For The Adoption Of A Human Embryo That Is Transferred To A Recipient Intended Parent; To Amend Section 93-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Written Contract Between The Legal Embryo Custodian And The Recipient Intended Parent Shall Constitute The Consent To The Adoption; To Amend Section 93-17-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Final Decree In Proceedings For The Adoption Of A Human Embryo May Be Entered Immediately And Without An Interlocutory Decree; To Amend Section 93-17-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Any Action To Set Aside A Final Decree Of Adoption Of A Human Embryo After The Embryo Has Been Implanted; To Create New Sections 93-31-1 Through 93-31-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Shall Be Known As The "ethical Treatment Of Human Embryos Act;" To Provide That It Shall Be Unlawful For Any Person Or Entity To Intentionally Or Knowingly Create Or Attempt To Create An In Vitro Human Embryo By Any Means Other Than Fertilization Of A Human Egg By A Human Sperm; To Provide For Standards For Physicians And Facilities Performing In Vitro Fertilizations; To Provide For Criminal Penalties And Civil Sanctions For Violations Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.

Adoption of Human Embryos Act and Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act; create.

Rep. William Arnold [R]

Rep. Chris Brown [R]

Rep. Andy Gipson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB1114.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1114IN.htm