l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 783

Insurance; revise uninsured motorist coverage law and require Commissioner of Insurance to establish homeowners bill of rights.

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 REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICYHOLDER BILL OF RIGHTS; TO PROVIDE THAT, IN ANY ACTION FOR DAMAGES BY THE POLICYHOLDER AGAINST AN INSURER UNDER A HOMEOWNERS 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 83-11-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT AN INSURER OF AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY COVERAGE MUST PROVIDE THE INSURED WITH WRITTEN NOTICE STATING THAT THE UNINSURED MOTORIST LIMITS MAY BE INCREASED UP TO THE BODILY INJURY LIABILITY COVERAGE LIMITS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE INSURER MUST HAVE THE INSURED SIGN AND DATE THAT WRITTEN NOTICE WHEN THE INSURED FIRST OBTAINS COVERAGE, BUT NOT UPON RENEWAL; 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

2 co-sponsors

Scott DeLano, Richard Bennett

Its course

January 14 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 825 days

InsuranceJan 14 to Jan 2612 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Mar 1 · stopped21 days

InsuranceFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 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 14 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 8Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 9Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 10Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 8PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10Referred To InsuranceSenate
  6. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate