2025
Regular Session
Grooming of a child; establish as a criminal offense.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-5-32, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE CRIME OF GROOMING OF A CHILD; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-5-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE DEFINITION OF IDENTIFIABLE CHILD AND TO REMOVE IDENTIFIABLE CHILD IN THE DEFINITION OF CHILD AND MORPHED IMAGES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-5-33, 97-5-35 AND 97-5-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE PROVISIONS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSE OF EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD, FOR THE PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-5-5 AND 97-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE THE PROVISIONS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSES OF ENTICING A CHILD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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B
1308
House Bill 1308
HB 1308
H
Law
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
No
Majority
July 1, 2025
495
Judiciary B
F
../../House_cmtes/JB.xml
Judiciary, Division B
F
../../Senate_cmtes/JB.xml
Owen
../../House_authors/Owen.xml
Hall
../../House_authors/Hall.xml
A
../../code_sections/097/00050031.xml
BF
../../code_sections/097/00050033.xml
BF
../../code_sections/097/00050035.xml
BF
../../code_sections/097/00050037.xml
BF
../../code_sections/097/00050005.xml
BF
../../code_sections/097/00050007.xml
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01/20 (H) Referred To Judiciary B
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02/04 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
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02/12 (H) Read the Third Time
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02/13 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
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02/13 (H) Passed
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02/14 (H) Transmitted To Senate
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02/14 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B
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03/04 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
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03/11 (S) Amended
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03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
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03/13 (S) Returned For Concurrence
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03/17 (H) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
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03/18 (H) Conferees Named Horan,Owen,Hall
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03/20 (S) Conferees Named Fillingane,DeBar,McCaughn
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03/31 (S) Conference Report Filed
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03/31 (H) Conference Report Filed
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04/01 (H) Conference Report Adopted
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04/01 (S) Conference Report Adopted
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04/01 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Horan, Owen)
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04/02 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled
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04/07 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
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04/07 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
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04/17 Approved by Governor
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Conference Report
Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1308
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../../../../../documents/2025/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1308.htm
Committee Amendment No 1
Adopted
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Voice Vote
Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1
Adopted
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Voice Vote
N
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