Mississippi House Bill 1327 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Failed on March 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [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]	Rep. Brady Williamson [R]	Rep. Dana Criswell [R]	Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]
Rep. Chris Brown [R]	Rep. De Stamps [D]

2021-02-03 - House - House Passed (Y: 115 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-02-16	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare
2021-02-03	House	Transmitted To Senate
2021-02-03	House	Immediate Release
2021-02-03	House	Passed
2021-02-02	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Rules

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/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB1327.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1327IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1327PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0300002.pdf