Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session
HB 981: Death certificate; require physician, APRNs or physician assistants who attended to decedent's care to sign
Passage · Feb. 5, 2026 · Yeas 105, nays 12
How each party voted
Speaker Jason White voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- HB 981
- Motion
- Passage
- Date
- Feb. 5, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 105, nays 12; 5 didn't vote yes or no (1 voted present)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the roll call (PDF) ↗
The bill's history on the Legislature's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (105)
- Brent Anderson R-122
- Jeramey Anderson D-110
- Otis Anthony D-31
- Perry Bailey R-23
- Willie Bailey D-49
- Earle Banks D-67
- Shane Barnett R-86
- Manly Barton R-109
- Chris Bell D-65
- Donnie Bell R-21
- Richard Bennett R-120
- Lawrence Blackmon D-57
- Chuck Blackwell R-88
- Scott Bounds R-44
- Andy Boyd R-37
- Randy Boyd R-19
- Cedric Burnett D-9
- Grace Butler-Washington D-69
- Larry Byrd R-104
- Billy Adam Calvert R-83
- Bubba Carpenter R-1
- Bryant Clark D-47
- Angela Cockerham I-96
- Carolyn Crawford R-121
- Sam Creekmore R-14
- Justin Crosby D-22
- Ronnie Crudup D-71
- Becky Currie R-92
- Clay Deweese R-12
- Gregory Elliott D-82
- Jim Estrada R-33
- Casey Eure R-116
- Bob Evans D-91
- John Faulkner D-5
- Kevin Felsher R-117
- Jimmy Fondren R-111
- Jill Ford R-73
- Kevin Ford R-54
- Stephanie Foster D-63
- Justis Gibbs D-72
- Karl Gibbs D-36
- Zack Grady R-115
- Jeff Guice R-114
- Jeff Hale R-24
- Rodney Hall R-20
- Greg Haney R-118
- Jeffery Harness D-85
- Doc Harris R-28
- Josh Hawkins R-10
- John Hines D-50
- Greg Holloway D-76
- Kenji Holloway D-27
- Kevin Horan R-34
- Steve Horne R-81
- Jeffrey Hulum D-119
- Celeste Hurst R-75
- Keith Jackson D-45
- Lataisha Jackson D-11
- Hester Jackson-McCray D-40
- Timaka James-Jones D-51
- Robert Johnson D-94
- Kabir Karriem D-41
- Justin Keen R-6
- Bill Kinkade R-52
- Trey Lamar R-8
- Steve Lott R-107
- Vince Mangold R-53
- Clay Mansell R-56
- Steve Massengill R-13
- Brad Mattox R-2
- Missy McGee R-102
- Jay McKnight R-95
- Dana McLean R-39
- Jonathan McMillan R-58
- Carl Mickens D-42
- Sam Mims R-97
- Fabian Nelson D-66
- Gene Newman R-61
- Karl Oliver R-46
- Solomon Osborne D-32
- Daryl Porter D-98
- Brent Powell R-59
- John Read R-112
- Rob Roberson R-43
- Tracey Rosebud D-30
- Randy Rushing R-78
- Robert Sanders D-29
- Donnie Scoggin R-89
- Omeria Scott D-80
- Fred Shanks R-60
- Jody Steverson R-4
- Zakiya Summers D-68
- Cheikh Taylor D-38
- Rickey Thompson D-16
- Bubba Tubb R-87
- Mark Tullos R-79
- Jerry Turner R-18
- Lance Varner R-62
- Beth Waldo R-15
- Price Wallace R-77
- Jason White R-48
- Otha Williams D-26
- Lee Yancey R-74
- Shanda Yates I-64
- Hank Zuber R-113
Nay (12)
- Shane Aguirre R-17
- Tracy Arnold R-3
- Elliot Burch R-105
- Dan Eubanks R-25
- Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes R-108
- Joey Hood R-35
- Timmy Ladner R-93
- Ken Morgan R-100
- Jansen Owen R-106
- Bill Pigott R-99
- Kimberly Remak R-7
- Troy Smith R-84
Abstained (1)
- Bo Brown D-70
Not voting (4)
- Oscar Denton D-55
- Kent McCarty R-101
- Noah Sanford R-90
- Percy Watson D-103