SB 2537 Mississippi Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel; create.

SB 2537 creates Mississippi's Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Panel to examine deaths of fetuses and infants under one year, with the goal of developing strategies to prevent such deaths. The panel, led by the State Department of Health, requires healthcare providers, hospitals, and agencies to share confidential medical records and demographic data, and must submit annual reports to health committees detailing mortality causes, trends, and resource recommendations. All panel data and proceedings are protected from public disclosure under Mississippi's open records and meetings laws. The bill died in committee on February 3, 2026, without becoming law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred To Public Health and Welfare
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Nicole Boyd
Nicole Boyd
RRepublican
MS
9