Mississippi Senate Bill 2270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-3)
Status: Failed on March 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-10 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Enact "christian's Law"; To Codify New Section 41-61-66, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Confidentiality Of Autopsy Media Records Held By A Medical Examiner; To Define Terms; To Provide Exceptions Under Certain Circumstances, Including For The Deceased's Surviving Relatives, For Local Governmental Entities, For Criminal Or Administrative Proceedings, And For Educational Purposes; To Authorize Courts To Allow Any Person To View Such Records Upon A Demonstration Of Good Cause; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Willful Violation Of A Court Order; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Violation Of This Section By A Custodian Of Autopsy Media Records; To Provide That This Section Shall Not Prevent Certain Disclosures; And For Related Purposes.

Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.

Sen. Nicole Boyd [R]	Sen. Philip Moran [R]	Sen. Joel Carter [R]	Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]
Sen. Sampson Jackson [D]	Sen. Benjamin Suber [R]	Sen. Juan Barnett [D]	Sen. Rita Potts Parks [R]
Sen. Kathy Chism [R]	Sen. Charles Younger [R]	Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]	Sen. Michael McLendon [R]
Sen. Jeremy England [R]	Sen. Daniel Sparks [R]	Sen. Jeff Tate [R]	Sen. Bart Williams [R]
Sen. David Parker [R]	Sen. Chris Caughman [R]	Sen. Chad Mcmahan [R]	Sen. Lydia Chassaniol [R]
Sen. Jason Barrett [R]	Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]	Sen. Neil Whaley [R]	Sen. Mike Thompson [R]
Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]	Sen. Sarita Simmons [D]

2021-03-09 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 117 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-10	House	Died On Calendar
2021-03-10	House	Tabled
2021-03-10	House	Reconsidered
2021-03-09	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bain, Sanford)
2021-03-09	House	Passed As Amended
2021-03-09	House	Amended
2021-02-25	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2021-02-24	House	Referred To Judiciary B
2021-02-05	Senate	Transmitted To House
2021-02-03	Senate	Passed As Amended
2021-02-03	Senate	Amended
2021-02-03	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2021-01-19	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	61	61	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2270.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2270IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2270CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2270PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/sam/SB2270_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/sam/SB2270_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/ham/SB2270_H_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/senate/0300013.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0640004.pdf