Mississippi House Bill 190 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 93-17-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Birth Parent May Provide Supplemental Identifying Information; To Amend Section 93-17-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Procedure For Responding To Requests Of Adoptees; To Amend Section 93-17-215, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Adoptees Who Are 21 Years Of Age Or Older To Have Unrestricted Access To All Identifying Information Of Adoptive Parents; To Amend Sections 93-17-217, 93-17-219 And 93-17-223, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Bring Forward Section 93-17-221, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Adoptee To Petition Chancery Court For Disclosure Of Identifying Information, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Adoptees; authorize those 21 years of age or older to have unrestricted access to information.

Rep. Lee Yancey [R]

Rep. Fred Shanks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-08	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
93	17	205	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	209	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	215	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	217	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	219	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	17	221	New Code	See Bill Text
93	17	223	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0190.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0190IN.htm