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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions."
+description: "Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 70"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 70 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9161a729-e5bb-42df-ab01-f531fc73ef8f"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
+source_hash: "4ed988c69d01834495d933274f96fe7b707b5e287e10a77cbc9d68ac72fe4c0c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 70 (2021) — Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0070_H_Amend_02.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0070.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070PS.htm)
+5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0070_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bain — primary (person)
+- Calvert — cosponsor (person)
+- Ford (73rd) — cosponsor (person)
+- Horne — cosponsor (person)
+- Shanks — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Boyd, Bain, Sanford)
+- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
+- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
+- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
+- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
+- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9161a729-e5bb-42df-ab01-f531fc73ef8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+