Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2196
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 HOMEOWNER'S 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.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 6 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 SenateJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days
InsuranceJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 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.