Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 12, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2834
Chandler's Law; create right for next of kin to obtain postmortem genetic information.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE "CHANDLER'S LAW"; TO DECLARE LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO THE AVAILABILITY TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF GENETIC INFORMATION ABOUT A GENETIC CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-37-25 AND 41-61-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE DISCLOSURE TO THE NEXT OF KIN OF GENETIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DECEASED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 17 to March 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 12 · stopped24 days
Judiciary, Division AFeb 17 to Feb 2710 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 17 – Mar 12
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Mar 12Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 17Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Mar 12Died On CalendarSenate