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2023 SESSION

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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

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

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)