---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat."
description: "Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2116"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2116 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc39c4a-cf56-48a2-ad90-ecda8bcada55"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2116.xml"
source_hash: "27b261b911fd19ed3be9f67cef1261196e474ecd534ee246417fae15d3b57478"
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 SB 2116 (2019) — Abortion; prohibit an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat.

## 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/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2116IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2116.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2116PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) ({Vote})** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2116_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2116SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **78–37** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Amendment Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Dortch, Mims, Johnson (87th))
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+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/0fc39c4a-cf56-48a2-ad90-ecda8bcada55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).