Mississippi House Bill 131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 33-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definitions Of "state Of Emergency," "local Emergency" And "natural Emergency" In The Mississippi Emergency Management Law To Include "an Epidemic" And "a Pandemic"; To Amend Section 33-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Maximum Time Period For Any State Of Emergency Or Declaration Of Emergency Impact Area; To Prohibit Continuations Of Such Emergencies Except By Legislative Enactment; To Create New Section 41-39-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Receive And Store Dead Human Bodies When The Governor Proclaims A State Of Emergency And Insufficient Facilities Exist In Counties And Municipalities To Receive And Store The Bodies; To Amend Sections 41-61-61 And 41-61-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

State of emergency; provide a maximum time period for and authorize Department of Health to store dead bodies if necessary.

Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-04	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	15	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
33	15	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	61	61	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	61	69	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0131.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0131IN.htm