l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2205

Homeowners insurance; adopt efficient proximate cause doctrine to require coverage for certain losses.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 PROVIDE THAT, WHENEVER A LOSS UNDER A HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICY IS CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF A COVERED RISK AND AN EXCLUDED RISK, AN INSURER SHALL BE LIABLE IF THE COVERED RISK WAS THE EFFICIENT PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THE LOSS; 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

Its course

January 5 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 SenateJan 5 to Feb 1 · stopped27 days

InsuranceJan 5 to Feb 1 · stopped27 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 Senate Jan 5 – Feb 1

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