l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 781

Deceased persons; establish rights of others to control disposition of remains of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THE DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS OF DECEASED PERSONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISPOSITION DIRECTIONS AND FUNERAL PREARRANGEMENTS CONTAINED IN A PRENEED CONTRACT MAY BE REVISED ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS, IN PRESCRIBED ORDER, TO CONTROL THE DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS OF A DECEASED PERSON; TO SPECIFY CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A PERSON FORFEITS HIS LEGAL RIGHT TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION OF ANOTHER'S REMAINS; TO AUTHORIZE THE CHANCERY COURT IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE DECEASED PERSON LAST RESIDED TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT OF DISPOSITION IN CERTAIN CASES WHERE THOSE SHARING THE RIGHT OF DISPOSITION CANNOT AGREE; TO PRESCRIBE THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FUNERAL HOMES WHEN DISPUTES RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF DISPOSITION ARISE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-11-58 AND 75-63-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 14 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 1 · stopped18 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 14 to Feb 1 · stopped18 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives