l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 982

Insurance; create "Honesty is the Best Insurance Policy Act" requiring a non-coverage disclosure list on policies.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO SET FORTH THE "HONESTY IS THE BEST INSURANCE POLICY ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL POLICY WRITTEN BY AN INSURANCE COMPANY DOING BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL INCLUDE ON THE FRONT OR FIRST PAGE OF THE POLICY A "NON-COVERAGE DISCLOSURE" CHECKLIST; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHECKLIST SHALL BE IN PLAIN ENGLISH, SHALL STATE ALL CONDITIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND OTHER LIMITATIONS OF COVERAGE UNDER THE POLICY, AND SHALL BE IN A FORMAT THAT REQUIRES THE INSURER TO PLACE A CHECK MARK NEXT TO SUCH LIMITATIONS OF COVERAGE SO THAT THE POLICYHOLDER CAN SEE WHAT COVERAGE IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE POLICY; TO SET FORTH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE 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.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 4 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 RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

InsuranceFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published