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type: "Bill"
title: "Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions."
description: "Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and video and audio recordings with exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Mississippi HB 70 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bain"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9161a729-e5bb-42df-ab01-f531fc73ef8f"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml"
source_hash: "4ed988c69d01834495d933274f96fe7b707b5e287e10a77cbc9d68ac72fe4c0c"
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 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](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0070_H_Amend_02.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0070.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/HB0070_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070SG.htm)
## Votes
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **1180** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **520** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9161a729-e5bb-42df-ab01-f531fc73ef8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).