l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 981

Death certificate; require physician, APRNs or physician assistants who attended to decedent's care to sign.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PHYSICIAN, ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTENDING TO THE CARE OF THE DECEDENT TO CERTIFY TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH AND SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE IF THE DEATH DOES NOT AFFECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-57-13 AND 41-61-63, 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Donnie Scoggin

Its course

January 16 to March 3, 2026, 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 16 to Feb 520 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Jan 226 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 13 to Mar 3 · 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 16 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 6 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 6Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 13Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 22Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 5PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 6Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 13Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate