Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2234
Insurance Fair Conduct Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "INSURANCE FAIR CONDUCT ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 83-5-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UNREASONABLY DENYING A CLAIM FOR COVERAGE OR PAYMENT OF BENEFITS IS AN UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACT IN THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO PROVIDE A CAUSE OF ACTION WHENEVER ANY FIRST PARTY CLAIMANT TO A POLICY OF INSURANCE IS UNREASONABLY DENIED A CLAIM FOR COVERAGE OR PAYMENT OF BENEFITS BY AN INSURER; TO PROVIDE CIVIL PENALTIES THEREFOR; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 19 · stopped29 days
InsuranceJan 21 to Feb 19 · stopped29 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.