---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Medical Examiner; clarify qualifications for office and for deputies."
description: "State Medical Examiner; clarify qualifications for office and for deputies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2161"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2161 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8af730b-ed8d-4e5b-ac82-172dbbfca886"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/Senate_authors/Bryan.xml"
source_hash: "21266dee7c64caf5d10942d9a994363438104f9920185b80aa389a609842e2c4"
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 SB 2161 (2019) — State Medical Examiner; clarify qualifications for office and for deputies.

## 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/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2161IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/SB2161_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2161PS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2161SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **82–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+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/b8af730b-ed8d-4e5b-ac82-172dbbfca886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).