---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder."
description: "Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2746"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2746 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb3370d6-97c5-4cf6-b121-7d974d810bcb"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Boyd.xml"
source_hash: "c5c65bf68c4622cef976b1b01fa5db6ee1c0e88b295d896d809def79f1bd53ae"
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 2746 (2021) — Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.

## 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/SB/2700-2799/SB2746IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2746_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2746_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2746.pdf)
5. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2746PS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2746SG.htm)

## Votes

- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **118–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **120–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Branning — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Caughman — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- McCaughn — cosponsor (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Seymour — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Suber — cosponsor (person)
- Tate — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Younger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Mims, McGee)
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Immediate Release
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+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/eb3370d6-97c5-4cf6-b121-7d974d810bcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).