Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 1374
Unfair insurance practices; revise to prohibit the requirement of mandatory electronic funds transfers for certain payment as a condition to acquiring.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-5-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR PRACTICES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PROHIBIT THE REQUIREMENT OF MANDATORY AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER FOR THE PAYMENT OF DEPOSITS, PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES AS A CONTINGENCY TO OBTAIN AN INSURANCE POLICY WITHOUT HAVING THE OPTION TO ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PAYMENT; TO PROHIBIT INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM PLACING EXISTING POLICYHOLDERS IN DEFAULT FOR FAILING TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO REMIT PAYMENT OF DEPOSITS, PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES THROUGH A MANDATORY AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER WITHOUT HAVING THE OPTION TO ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PAYMENT; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.