l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 860

Autopsies; create "Jenna's Law" to require autopsies to include inquiring about whether death was result of seizure or epilepsy.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-37-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO BE KNOWN AS "JENNA'S LAW," TO REQUIRE THAT ALL AUTOPSIES CONDUCTED IN THIS STATE INCLUDE AN INQUIRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DEATH WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF A SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE FINDINGS IN AN AUTOPSY ARE CONSISTENT WITH KNOWN OR SUSPECTED SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY (SUDEP), THEN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, EXAMINING PHYSICIAN OR CORONER SHALL CAUSE TO BE INDICATED ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE THAT SUDEP IS THE CAUSE OR SUSPECTED CAUSE OF DEATH AND FORWARD A COPY OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN SUDEP REGISTRY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS; 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

3 co-sponsors

Jill Ford, Greg Haney, De'Keither A. Stamps

Its course

January 17 to March 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 317 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Jan 258 days

In the SenateFeb 3 to Mar 1 · stopped26 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 11 to Mar 1 · stopped18 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 17 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 25Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 4 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 4Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 11Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 25Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 3PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  6. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate