Mississippi Senate Bill 2236 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-21-257, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Remove From The Central Registry The Name Of Any Substantiated Perpetrator Who Was Later Determined To Be Wrongfully Convicted Or Adjudicated; To Amend Section 43-21-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Record The Name Of A Reporter When Receiving A Report Of Child Abuse; To Require The Department Of Child Protection Services To Disclose The Name Of A Reporter To The Alleged Perpetrator In Cases Of False Reports And Purge Its Records Of Any Reference To The Identity Of The Alleged Perpetrator; To Require A Court To Strike False Reports From Its Records; And For Related Purposes.

Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]	Sen. Philip Moran [R]	Sen. Sally Doty [R]	Sen. Charles Younger [R]
Sen. Chris Caughman [R]	Sen. Neil Whaley [R]	Sen. Joel Carter [R]	Sen. Josh Harkins [R]
Sen. Jeremy England [R]	Sen. Jeff Tate [R]	Sen. Michael McLendon [R]	Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]
Sen. Rita Potts Parks [R]	Sen. John Polk [R]	Sen. Chris McDaniel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-01-31	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2236.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2236IN.htm