Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 517
Insurance; require insurers to provide written statement of explanation of flood exclusion to insured.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY INSURER PROVIDING A HOMEOWNERS PROTECTION POLICY, WIND POLICY, WINDSTORM POLICY, HURRICANE POLICY, OR LIKE POLICY FOR A DWELLING LOCATED IN HANCOCK, HARRISON OR JACKSON COUNTIES AND WHICH POLICY EXEMPTS FROM COVERAGE FLOOD DAMAGE, WHETHER OR NOT DRIVEN BY WIND, MUST OBTAIN FROM THE INSURED A STATEMENT OF EXPLANATION OF FLOOD EXCLUSION; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH STATEMENT MUST BE IN WRITING AND EXECUTED BY THE INSURED IN WHICH THE INSURED ACKNOWLEDGES AN UNDERSTANDING THAT SUCH HOMEOWNERS PROTECTION POLICY DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR FLOOD PROTECTION; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 31 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 31 to Feb 19 · stopped19 days
InsuranceJan 31 to Feb 19 · stopped19 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.