Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2779
Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths (SUID) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); require State Medical Examiner to use federal forms.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-61-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZED AND DIRECT THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO REPORT SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT DEATHS (SUID) AND SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) USING THE FORMS OF THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF THESE REPORTS WITH PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS REDACTED; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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 Senate Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate