republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2020/hb-1295.md

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Bill	The "Life Equality Act"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors.	The "Life Equality Act"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2020	HB 1295	Mississippi HB 1295 (2020)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division B	enacted	Crawford	6	19	3	2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00	2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/26648b35-b6c2-415a-b89d-28c8f8191019	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml	b8c469e29cb54a56da11378a7fdcb5c70d73df37e25e0fb967713b385152ccf4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1295 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/26648b35-b6c2-415a-b89d-28c8f8191019. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).