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Mississippi · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 981: Death certificate; require physician, APRNs or physician assistants who attended to decedent's care to sign.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 981 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Death certificate; require physician, APRNs or physician assistants who attended to decedent's care to sign. Primary sponsor: Becky Currie (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Died In Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Becky CurriePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Donnie ScogginCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died In Committee
  2. Referred To Public Health and Welfare
  3. Transmitted To Senate
  4. Passed
  5. Title Suff Do Pass
  6. Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source