Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2542
Presumption of death; create for missing persons who have undergone a catastrophic event causing imminent peril.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 13-1-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE AN EVIDENTIARY PRESUMPTION OF DEATH TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ZEB HUGHES LAW" WHENEVER UNCONTRADICTED SWORN TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE SUPPORT A DETERMINATION OF THE DEATH OF A MISSING PERSON WHO HAS UNDERGONE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT EXPOSED THE PERSON TO IMMINENT PERIL; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-57-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS TO PREPARE A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR A MISSING PERSON LEGALLY PRESUMED TO BE DEAD UPON RECEIPT OF A PROPER COURT ORDER; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 16 to March 5, 2024, 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 SenateFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days
Judiciary, Division AFeb 16 to Mar 5 · 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 Senate Feb 16 – Mar 5
- Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 16Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate