---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemeteries; authorize to disinter and reinter dead human remains for next of kin instructions."
description: "Cemeteries; authorize to disinter and reinter dead human remains for next of kin instructions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "Mississippi HB 286 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e0c8011-786b-44f6-9102-5539aca9f3ed"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "1c38faef9978b789b5e499b85b5fa7a6f4a1ebecfa80affd363cc91818702549"
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 286 (2021) — Cemeteries; authorize to disinter and reinter dead human remains for next of kin instructions.

## 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/0200-0299/HB0286IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0286PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0286SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bain — primary (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Williams-Barnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `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 Enrolling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+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/7e0c8011-786b-44f6-9102-5539aca9f3ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).