MS HB783 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on April 29 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-29 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on April 29 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-29 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Section 93-5-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Custody Standards To Provide A Rebuttable Presumption Of Joint Custody With Equal Parenting Time In All Custody Matters; To Require A Court To Document Reasons For Deviation From Joint Custody If The Court Fails To Grant Joint Custody; To Bring Forward Section 93-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Additional Remedies Provided By Chancery Court, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Child custody; require presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-09 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House Passed (Y: 116 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House Passed (Y: 116 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-29 | House | Died In Conference |
| 2024-04-17 | Senate | Conferees Named Wiggins,Hopson,Hickman |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Conferees Named Horan,McCarty,Aguirre |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Decline to Concur/Invite Conf |
| 2024-04-15 | Senate | Returned For Concurrence |
| 2024-04-11 | Senate | Motion to Reconsider Tabled |
| 2024-04-09 | Senate | Motion to Reconsider Entered |
| 2024-04-09 | Senate | Passed As Amended |
| 2024-04-09 | Senate | Amended |
| 2024-04-01 | Senate | Title Suff Do Pass As Amended |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Referred To Judiciary, Division A |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Transmitted To Senate |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Passed |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Title Suff Do Pass |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Referred To Judiciary B |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 11 | 65 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 93 | 5 | 24 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
