Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2481
Sudden death; require medical examiners to report vaccinations and emergency countermeasures within 90 days prior to.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT CREATE A NEW SECTION WITHIN TITLE 41, CHAPTER 61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE AUTOPSY IN THE CASE OF A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH OF AN INFANT OR CHILD, INCLUDING CASES OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS), SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH (SUID) OR SUDDEN DEATH IN THE YOUNG (SDY), MUST INCLUDE MICROSCOPIC AND TOXICOLOGY STUDIES AND A REVIEW OF THE CHILD'S IMMUNIZATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS; TO REQUIRE THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DOCUMENT IN THE AUTOPSY REPORT ANY IMMUNIZATIONS AND EMERGENCY COUNTERMEASURES ADMINISTERED TO THE INFANT OR CHILD WITHIN 90 DAYS BEFORE THE INFANT'S OR CHILD'S DEATH AND REPORT THE CASE TO THE SUID AND SDY CASE REGISTRY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AUTOPSY IN THE CASE OF A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH SUSPECTED TO BE CAUSED BY SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIC DEATH SYNDROME (SADS) IN AN INDIVIDUAL OF ANY AGE MUST INCLUDE MICROSCOPIC AND TOXICOLOGY STUDIES AND A REVIEW OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S IMMUNIZATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS; TO REQUIRE THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DOCUMENT IN THE AUTOPSY REPORT ANY IMMUNIZATIONS AND EMERGENCY COUNTERMEASURES ADMINISTERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN 90 DAYS BEFORE HIS OR HER DEATH AND REPORT THE CASE TO THE SUID AND SDY CASE REGISTRY IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS YOUNGER THAN 20 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH; TO ESTABLISH ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED AGAINST A COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER WHO FAILS TO REPORT A CASE OF SIDS, SUID OR SDY, OR OF SADS FOR INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER THAN 20 YEARS OF AGE, TO THE SUID AND SDY CASE REGISTRY WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER COMPLETING THE AUTOPSY REPORT; TO DESIGNATE COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS AS A PERMISSIBLE DISCLOSURE UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL MEDICAL PRIVACY LAWS; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 41-61-59, 41-61-63 AND 41-61-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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
January 19 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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 Jan 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate