Mississippi 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 1542 — Intestate succession; child conceived by assisted reproduction after decedent's death is deemed to be living at the time of death.

Last action — Approved by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tate Reeves (Republican) on May 13, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Conference Report Adopted

  5. Conference Report Adopted

  6. Conference Report Filed

  7. Conference Report Filed

  8. Recommitted For Further Conf

  9. Recommitted For Further Conf

  10. Conference Report Filed

  11. Conference Report Filed

  12. Conferees Named Wiggins,McCaughn,Fillingane

  13. Conferees Named Hood,Yates,McLean

  14. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  15. Returned For Concurrence

  16. Passed As Amended

  17. Amended

  18. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  19. Referred To Judiciary, Division A

  20. Transmitted To Senate

  21. Passed

  22. Title Suff Do Pass

  23. Referred To Judiciary A

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Adopt Conference Report

Passed 24 Yea · 1 Nay · 27 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 7006
Republican 150017
Unaffiliated 2104
Total 241027
% of votes cast 46%2%0%52%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Jordan — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Polk — Nay
Horhn — Not Voting
Branning — Not Voting
Parker — Not Voting
Turner-Ford — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Not Voting
Derrick T. Simmons Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Not Voting
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Not Voting
Hob Bryan Democrat Not Voting
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Not Voting
Reginald Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sarita Simmons Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Not Voting
Angela Burks Hill Republican Not Voting
Bart Williams Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Not Voting
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Not Voting
Chad McMahan Republican Not Voting
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Not Voting
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Not Voting
J. Walter Michel Republican Not Voting
Jason Barrett Republican Not Voting
Jeff Tate Republican Not Voting
Jeremy England Republican Not Voting
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Not Voting
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Not Voting
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Not Voting
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Not Voting
Nicole Boyd Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Not Voting
Rita Potts Parks Republican Not Voting
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Passage as Amended

Passed 43 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Republican 24107
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 43108
% of votes cast 83%2%0%15%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Turner- Ford — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Derrick T. Simmons Democrat Yea
Gary Brumfield Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Reginald Jackson Democrat Yea
Rod Hickman Democrat Yea
Sarita Simmons Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Andy Berry Republican Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Not Voting
Bart Williams Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Not Voting
Brian Rhodes Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Not Voting
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Not Voting
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Not Voting
Jeff Tate Republican Not Voting
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Nay
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Not Voting
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Nicole Boyd Republican Yea
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Passage

Passed 115 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 73004
Democrat 35002
Independent 2000
Unaffiliated 5001
Total 115007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (122)
Member Party Vote
Jackson (11th) — Yea
Lancaster — Yea
Stepp — Yea
Young — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Paden — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bradford Blackmon Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Cheikh Taylor Democrat Yea
Christopher M. Bell Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Fabian Nelson Democrat Yea
Gregory Holloway, Sr. Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
Jeffrey Hulum III Democrat Yea
Jeramey Anderson Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Juan Barnett Democrat Yea
Justis Gibbs Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Karl Gibbs Democrat Yea
Keith Jackson Democrat Yea
Kenji Holloway Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Not Voting
Robert L. Sanders Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tamarra Butler-Washington Democrat Yea
Timaka James-Jones Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Not Voting
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Andy Boyd Republican Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Beth Luther Waldo Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brad Mattox Republican Yea
Brent Anderson Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Celeste Hurst Republican Yea
Chris Johnson Republican Not Voting
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Clay Mansell Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Not Voting
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Bell Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Elliot Burch Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jill Ford Republican Yea
Jim Estrada Republican Yea
Jimmy Fondren Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Jonathan McMillan Republican Yea
Joseph Tubb Republican Not Voting
Josh Hawkins Republican Yea
Justin Keen Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Kimberly Remak Republican Yea
Lance Varner Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Not Voting
Philman Ladner Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Rodney Hall Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Lott Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
W.I. "Doc" Harris Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea
Zachary Grady Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1542?
HB 1542 is sponsored by Dana McLean (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1542?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2024. Enacted.
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