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+type: "Bill"
+title: "The \"Life Equality Act\"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors."
+description: "The \"Life Equality Act\"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1295"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1295 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26648b35-b6c2-415a-b89d-28c8f8191019"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
+source_hash: "b8c469e29cb54a56da11378a7fdcb5c70d73df37e25e0fb967713b385152ccf4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 1295 (2020) — The "Life Equality Act"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1295IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB1295_H_Amend_01.htm)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1295.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1295PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB1295_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1295SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **79–33** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **82–34** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **33–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crawford — primary (person)
+- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
+- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
+- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
+- Criswell — cosponsor (person)
+- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
+- Hobgood-Wilkes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
+- McLean — cosponsor (person)
+- Newman — cosponsor (person)
+- Owen — cosponsor (person)
+- Scoggin — cosponsor (person)
+- Williamson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order-Not Well Taken
+- **2020-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2020-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
+- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
+- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2020-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
+- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26648b35-b6c2-415a-b89d-28c8f8191019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+