l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2087

Cemetery owners; authorize to disinter dead human remains for reinterment, reburial or delivery to a carrier for transportation.

Sent to the Governor on March 9, 2021, and did not become law. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CEMETERY OWNERS TO DISINTER DEAD HUMAN REMAINS FOR REINTERMENT OR FOR TRANSPORTATION FROM THE CEMETERY PURSUANT TO WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS OF THE NEXT OF KIN, OR PURSUANT TO A FINAL ORDER OF THE CHANCERY COURT IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED, OR IN ORDER TO CORRECT AN ERROR MADE IN THE ORIGINAL INTERMENT OF THE REMAINS UPON NOTICE; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR CEMETERY OWNERS, CEMETERY OPERATORS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND OTHER PERSONS AND ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF DISINTERMENT AND REINTERMENT OR DELIVERY OF DEAD HUMAN REMAINS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-37-25 AND 41-39-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

Its course

January 7 to March 25, 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 action11 actions on 9 days

In the SenateJan 7 to Feb 428 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 7 to Jan 1912 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Jan 267 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Mar 933 days

Judiciary AMar 1 to Mar 10 days

With the GovernorMar 9 to Mar 25 · stopped16 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 9

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 Jan 7 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 7Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Jan 19Reported from JA to PH in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 4Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 9

  1. Feb 5Sent to the House
  2. Mar 1Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 9Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

To the Governor Mar 10 – Mar 25

  1. Mar 10Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 25Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Jan 7Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Jan 19DR - TSDP: JA To PHSenate
  3. Jan 26Title Suff Do PassSenate
  4. Feb 4PassedSenate
  5. Feb 5Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Mar 1Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 1Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 9AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 9Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 10Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 25Died On CalendarSenate