MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2019 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Anderson

House Bill 1286

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-29-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE UNNATURAL INTERCOURSE LAW TO REMOVE THE WORD "MANKIND"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-29-59.  Every person who shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature committed * * *with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a term of not more than ten (10) years.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.