---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel; create under State Department of Health."
description: "Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel; create under State Department of Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1637"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1637 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Human Services", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44c8af2-b4a9-4b74-bed4-eea41ef9229b"
source_url: "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1637.xml"
source_hash: "13d4223f35c96d9fdf9aa0cea37e0a85ea85e36b458673e3ce77e524ab44cf29"
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 1637 (2026) — Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel; create under State Department of Health.

## 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/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1637IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) ({Vote})** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1637_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1637.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1637PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1637_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1637SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Creekmore IV,Mims,McGee
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bryan,Johnson,England
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+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/b44c8af2-b4a9-4b74-bed4-eea41ef9229b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).