Mississippi House Bill 1418

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Right To Contraception Act; To Provide That The Right To Contraception Is A Fundamental Right, Central To A Person's Privacy, Health, Well-being, Dignity, Liberty, Equality, And Ability To Participate In The Social And Economic Life Of The State; To Provide Definitions For This Act; To Provide A Statutory Right Under This Act To Obtain Contraceptives And To Engage In Contraception; To Provide That A Health Care Provider Has A Corresponding Right To Provide Contraceptives, Contraception, And Contraception-related Information; To Authorize A Person To Commence A Civil Action If They Are Adversely Affected By A Violation Of This Act; To Authorize Any Individual Or Entity, Including Any Health Care Provider Or Patient, Adversely Affected By An Alleged Violation Of This Section, May Commence A Civil Action Against Any Person That Violates Or Implements Or Enforces A Limitation Or Requirement That Violates This Section; To Bring Forward Sections 41-42-5 And 41-42-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorize Physicians To Provide Contraceptives, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Create New Section 73-21-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Pharmacists To Provide Hormonal Contraceptives According To A Valid Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement Containing A Nonpatient-specific Prescriptive Order And Standardized Procedures Developed And Executed By An Authorized Prescriber; To Amend Section 73-21-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.

The Right to Contraception Act; create.

Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	42	5	New Code	See Bill Text
41	42	7	New Code	See Bill Text
73	21	73	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1418.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1418IN.htm