Mississippi House Bill 1308

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-14 - Referred To Judiciary, Division B
Pending: Senate Judiciary, Division B Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create A New Code Section, Section 97-5-32, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Offense Of Grooming Of A Child; To Define Necessary Terms; To Provide Penalties For Violations; To Amend Sections 45-33-23 And 45-33-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Grooming Of A Child As A Registrable Sex Offense; To Amend Section 97-5-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Definition Of Identifiable Child And To Remove Identifiable Child In The Definition Of Child And Morphed Images; And For Related Purposes.

Grooming of a child; establish as a criminal offense.

Rep. Jansen Owen [R]

2025-02-13 - House - House Passed (Y: 110 N: 1 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-14	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B
2025-02-14	House	Transmitted To Senate
2025-02-13	House	Passed
2025-02-13	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2025-02-12	House	Read the Third Time
2025-02-04	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	33	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text
45	33	47	Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	5	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1308.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1308IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1308CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1308PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/votes/house/0380015.pdf