Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 131
State of emergency; provide a maximum time period for and authorize Department of Health to store dead bodies if necessary.
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
Sponsor
Its course
January 4 to February 1, 2022, 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 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 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 4 – Feb 1
- Jan 4Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 4Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives