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<HISTORY>
	<YEAR>2017</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>Termination of Parental Rights; revise references to Child Protection Services and clarify certain procedures.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-109, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS BY WRITTEN VOLUNTARY RELEASE; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-113, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE CONDUCT OF A HEARING FOR INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES AND CORRECT STATUTORY INTERNAL REFERENCES; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES AND CORRECT INTERNAL STATUTORY REFERENCES; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-119, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE CONCEPTION BY AN UNLAWFUL SEXUAL ACT AS GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-121, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ADD CONVICTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-123, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 93-15-131, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>01/31/17 at 16:51</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
	<MEASURE>
		<MSR_HS>H</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM>1420</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>House Bill 1420</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>HB 1420</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>H</OWNER>
	</MEASURE>
 
	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>Passage</EFFECTIVEDATE>
	</BACKGROUND>
	<COMMITTEES>
		<HOUSE>
			<H_NAME>Judiciary A</H_NAME>
			<H_INCMTE>T</H_INCMTE>
			<H_LINK>../../House_cmtes/JA.xml</H_LINK>
		</HOUSE>
	</COMMITTEES>
	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Lamar</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../House_authors/Lamar.xml</P_LINK>
		</PRINCIPAL>
	</AUTHORS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0103</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150103.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0107</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150107.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0109</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150109.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0111</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150111.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0113</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150113.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0115</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150115.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0117</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150117.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0119</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150119.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0121</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150121.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0123</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150123.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>093-0015-0131</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/093/00150131.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/16 (H) Referred To Judiciary A</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/31 (H) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<DOCUMENTS>
		<CURRENT>
			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1420IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_PDF_DT>../../../../documents/2017/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1420IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF_DT>
			<CURRENT_OTHER>../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1420IN.htm</CURRENT_OTHER>
		</CURRENT>
		<INTRO>
			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/1400-1499/HB1420IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_PDF_DT>../../../../documents/2017/dt/HB/1400-1499/HB1420IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF_DT>
			<INTRO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1420IN.htm</INTRO_OTHER>
		</INTRO>
		<FISCALNOTE>
			<FISCALNOTEFLAG>N</FISCALNOTEFLAG>
			<FISCALNOTEPATH>../../../../documents/2017/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1420.pdf</FISCALNOTEPATH>
		</FISCALNOTE>
	</DOCUMENTS>
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