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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 — **7933** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **8234** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **3311** (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).