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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 200

Unfair ins. practices; prohibit requirement of mandatory electronic funds transfers for certain payment, as condition to acquiring.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

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

Its course

January 4 to February 1, 2011, 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 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days

InsuranceJan 4 to Feb 1 · 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 4 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published