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HB 881, 86th R.S.
Relating to the right of a parent of a deceased person to view the person's body before an autopsy is performed.

Last action: Effective on 9/1/19

Author: Cecil Bell
Joint Author: Lyle Larson
Sponsor: Donna Campbell

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 2019, 86th R.S.,ch. 748, General and Special Laws of Texas

Signed legislation

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (TLC)
Engrossed (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
AUTOPSIES
Criminal Procedure--General
Family--Parent & Child
PARENTAL RIGHTS

House Committee: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence (Jeff Leach, Yvonne Davis, Anna Eastman, Jessica Farrar, Julie Johnson, Matt Krause, Morgan Meyer, Victoria Neave, Reggie Smith, James White)
Minutes: March 18 2019
Senate Committee: Criminal Justice (John Whitmire, Dawn Buckingham, Peter Flores, Joan Huffman, Bryan Hughes, Borris Miles, Charles Perry)
Minutes: May 15 2019

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