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2023 SESSION
HB 1827 Autopsies; decedents in the custody of Department of Corrections.
Introduced by: Mike A. Cherry | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Autopsies; decedents in the custody of Department of Corrections. Requires, if a decedent is an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections, that an autopsy be performed by the Chief Medical Examiner, an Assistant Chief Medical Examiner, or a pathologist with whom the State Health Commissioner has entered into an agreement. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 1276.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104209D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23104209D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1827ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104209D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/24/23 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/26/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/23 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/23 House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/23 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/31/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/23 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Read first time
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time
- 02/06/23 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/06/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1827E
- 02/06/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23104209D-E
- 02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/15/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/16/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/23 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1827ER)
- 02/24/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/24/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 1/1/24)
- 03/24/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)