l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 1327

State of emergency; provide a maximum time period for and authorize Department of Health to store dead bodies if necessary.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF "STATE OF EMERGENCY", "LOCAL EMERGENCY" AND "NATURAL EMERGENCY" IN THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAW TO INCLUDE "AN EPIDEMIC" AND "A PANDEMIC"; TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A MAXIMUM TIME PERIOD FOR ANY STATE OF EMERGENCY OR DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY IMPACT AREA; TO PROHIBIT CONTINUATIONS OF SUCH EMERGENCIES EXCEPT BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-39-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO RECEIVE AND STORE DEAD HUMAN BODIES WHEN THE GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND INSUFFICIENT FACILITIES EXIST IN COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO RECEIVE AND STORE THE BODIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-61-61 AND 41-61-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; 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

5 co-sponsors

Brady Williamson, Dana Criswell, Dan Eubanks, Chris Brown, De'Keither A. Stamps

Its course

January 18 to March 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 316 days

RulesJan 18 to Feb 215 days

In the SenateFeb 3 to Mar 2 · stopped27 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 16 to Mar 2 · stopped14 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 3

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Rules
  2. Feb 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 3 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 3Released in the House to be sent on at once
  2. Sent to the Senate
  3. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  4. Mar 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To RulesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 3PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 3Immediate ReleaseHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 3Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  7. Mar 2Died In CommitteeSenate