Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 840
Unclaimed dead bodies; coroner shall cause to be entrusted to funeral homes in county on a rotation basis.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-39-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A PERSON WHO ACQUIRES POSSESSION OF A DEAD HUMAN BODY THAT IS NOT CLAIMED FOR BURIAL OR CREMATION WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO NOTIFY THE CORONER, WHO SHALL TAKE POSSESSION OF THE BODY AND CAUSE THE BODY TO BE ENTRUSTED TO A FUNERAL HOME IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE BODY IS FOUND; TO PROVIDE THAT EXCEPT IN COUNTIES WHERE THE CORONER HAS ESTABLISHED A PREFERRED FUNERAL HOME USING A QUALIFIED BIDDING PROCESS, DISPOSITION OF DEAD BODIES SHALL BE ON A ROTATION BASIS, WHICH SHALL TREAT EQUALLY ALL FUNERAL HOMES DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE, SUCH ROTATION TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CORONER AFTER CONSULTATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FUNERAL HOMES IN THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES INVOLVED; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 13 to March 3, 2020, 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 RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 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 Feb 13 – Mar 3
- Feb 13Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 13Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives