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By Ralph Chapoco and Alabama Reflector
Updated: Jan. 16, 2026, 8:58 a.m.|Published: Jan. 16, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved legislation that could subject medical examiners to prison time if they harvest a deceased person’s organs without first notifying and obtaining consent from the deceased’s family.
HB 71, sponsored by Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, makes it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine, for a medical examiner to take a person’s organs without contacting their next of kin.
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