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 2432
Residential property insurance; insurers must attach policyholder bill of rights to policies.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO SET FORTH THE MISSISSIPPI CONSUMER INSURANCE POLICYHOLDER BILL OF RIGHTS; TO PROVIDE THAT, IN ANY ACTION FOR DAMAGES BY THE POLICYHOLDER AGAINST AN INSURER UNDER A HOMEOWNERS POLICY, THE INSURER HAS THE BURDEN OF PROOF AS TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY EXCLUSION IN THE POLICY AND ANY EXCEPTION TO OR OTHER AVOIDANCE OF COVERAGE BY THE INSURER; TO AMEND SECTION 83-5-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN POLICIES CONTAINING CONCURRENT CAUSATION EXCLUSIONS ARE DEFINED AS UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES IN THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE; 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 28 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 28 to Feb 19 · stopped22 days
InsuranceJan 28 to Feb 19 · stopped22 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.