l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2620

Law enforcement officers and fire fighters; increase death and disability benefits under trust funds.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-2-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE DEATH BENEFIT PAYABLE FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS DEATH BENEFITS TRUST FUND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; TO CREATE A LEGAL PRESUMPTION THAT CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR FIRE FIGHTER OCCURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; TO AMEND SECTION 45-2-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAYMENTS THAT MAY BE MADE FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS DISABILITY BENEFITS TRUST FUND TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR FIRE FIGHTER WHO SUFFERS A DISABILITY IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST PAYMENT OF DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR CHRONIC OR REPETITIVE INJURY; TO CREATE A LEGAL PRESUMPTION THAT CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS RESULTING IN THE DISABILITY OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR FIRE FIGHTER OCCURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; 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

Its course

February 1 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 SenateFeb 1 to Feb 19 · stopped18 days

AppropriationsFeb 1 to Feb 19 · stopped18 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 Senate Feb 1 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 1Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 1Referred To AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate