HB 755 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Statutory rape; revise elements when both are dating and in secondary school.

HB 755 would have revised Mississippi's statutory rape law (Section 97-3-65) to create a rebuttable presumption that statutory rape did not occur if both parties were in a consensual relationship while enrolled as secondary school students (grades 7-12). The bill directly affected teenagers in dating relationships at Mississippi high schools by potentially removing criminal liability for consensual sexual activity between students in this specific scenario. Key provisions included requiring proof of a consensual relationship to trigger the presumption and maintaining other statutory rape elements like age differences. The bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, and never became law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Kabir Karriem
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