l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 203

Civil actions; provide that P&C insurers have burden of proof for exclusions in "all perils" coverage policy.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT, IN ANY ACTION FOR DAMAGES BY THE POLICYHOLDER AGAINST A PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURER UNDER AN "ALL PERILS" COVERAGE POLICY, THE INSURER HAS THE BURDEN OF PROOF AS TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY EXCLUSION IN THE POLICY; 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 March 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 action11 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 4 to Feb 1037 days

InsuranceJan 4 to Jan 2420 days

Judiciary AJan 24 to Feb 18 days

InsuranceFeb 1 to Feb 10 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

InsuranceFeb 17 to Mar 1 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

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 10

  1. Referred to the House committees on Insurance and on Judiciary A
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from IN to JA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported as a committee substitute from JA to IN in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Read the third time in the House
  6. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  7. Amended in the House
  8. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 15 – Mar 1

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 11 actions, as published