Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 1015
Funeral homes; revise various provisions relating to disposition of bodies, crematories and preneed contracts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PERSONS TO EXECUTE A WRITTEN DECLARATION ASSIGNING TO A REPRESENTATIVE THE RIGHT TO DIRECT DISPOSITION OF THE PERSON'S REMAINS AFTER DEATH AND PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES RELATED TO THE FUNERAL; TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-58, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE SAME CLASS HAVING PRIORITY AS TO THE DISPOSITION OF A DECEDENT'S BODY, A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTITIONER OR FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT SHALL ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIVE OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS WHO CAN BE LOCATED WITH REASONABLE EFFORTS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW A CREMATORY OR FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT TO DISPOSE OF ANY REMAINS UNCLAIMED BY THE FAMILY AFTER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER CREMATION BY SCATTERING OR BURIAL; TO AMEND SECTION 75-63-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE INSURED UNDER A PRENEED CONTRACT TO MODIFY THE CONTRACT TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF DISPOSITION OF THE INSURED'S BODY FROM BURIAL IN A CASKET TO CREMATION OF THE BODY, OR FROM CREMATION TO BURIAL IN A CASKET; 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
January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives