Mississippi Senate Bill 2070 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on May 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-13 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Support And Promote Breast-feeding In Mississippi Through Legislative Acknowledgement Of The Many Benefits Of Breast-feeding; To Authorize Hospitals With Birthing Facilities To Have A Written Infant Feeding Policy That Supports Breast-feeding Which All Relevant Staff Must Be Sufficiently Trained In; To Provide That Maternal Health Care Facilities Should Make Every Reasonable Effort To Display A "breast-feeding In Mississippi: Guidelines" Sign Publicly On Their Premises; To Direct The State Department Of Health To Prepare A Video For Presentation In Offices Of The Department In Which The Department Provides Benefits To Women Of Child-bearing Age, Which Shall Provide Information About The Importance Of Breast-feeding Infants; To Provide That Applicants For And Recipients Of Any Such Benefits Provided By The Department May View The Video In The Offices Of The Department; To Authorize The Department To Provide The Video To Other State Agencies That Provide Benefits To Women Of Child-bearing Age, For Appropriate Use By Those Agencies; To Reenact Sections 57-10-701 Through 57-10-709, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Small Business And Grocer Investment Act; To Amend Reenacted Section 57-10-707, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Funding Of Any Project That Would Be Directly Competing Against An Existing Food Retailer; To Amend Section 57-10-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On The Sections Of Law That Create The Small Business And Grocer Investment Act; And For Related Purposes.

"Breast-Feeding in Mississippi: Guidelines"; require accommodations by employers and facilities.

Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]

Sen. Tammy Witherspoon [D]

2016-04-20 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 15 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-04-19 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 107 N: 10 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-29 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 104 N: 14 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 48 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-13		Approved by Governor
2016-04-26	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2016-04-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2016-04-20	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2016-04-19	House	Conference Report Adopted
2016-04-18	House	Conference Report Filed
2016-04-18	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2016-04-13	House	Conferees Named Mims,Barker,Crawford
2016-04-12	Senate	Conferees Named Kirby,Wiggins,Frazier
2016-04-07	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2016-03-30	House	Returned For Concurrence
2016-03-29	House	Passed As Amended
2016-03-29	House	Amended
2016-03-28	House	Tabled Subject To Call
2016-03-23	House	Read the Third Time
2016-03-22	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2016-03-14	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services
2016-02-26	Senate	Transmitted To House
2016-02-25	Senate	Passed
2016-02-25	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2016-02-23	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2016-01-26	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2070.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2070IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2070CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2070PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2070SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/0520048.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/0850009.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/1060016.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/1070048.pdf