republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2021/hb-70.md

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Bill	Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions.	Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2021	HB 70	Mississippi HB 70 (2021)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division B	enacted	Bain	6	18	3	2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00	2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9161a729-e5bb-42df-ab01-f531fc73ef8f	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml	4ed988c69d01834495d933274f96fe7b707b5e287e10a77cbc9d68ac72fe4c0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 70 (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
6. Current version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/9161a729-e5bb-42df-ab01-f531fc73ef8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).