Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 485
Motor vehicle liability insurance; revise laws regarding failure to have insurance card.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-15-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHALL IMPOUND OR IMMOBILIZE THE MOTOR VEHICLE BEING OPERATED WITHOUT A PROPER INSURANCE CARD; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO HAVE A PROPER INSURANCE CARD MUST SHOW PROOF OF LIABILITY INSURANCE PAID IN TOTAL FOR AT LEAST A SIX-MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THEIR DRIVING PRIVILEGES MAY BE REINSTATED AND THEIR VEHICLE MAY BE RELEASED FROM IMPOUNDMENT OR IMMOBILIZATION; TO DELETE THE PROVISION OF LAW PROVIDING THAT THE FINE FOR FAILURE TO HAVE A PROPER INSURANCE CARD SHALL BE REDUCED TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IF THE PERSON SHOWS PROOF OF LIABILITY INSURANCE AT THE DATE OF THE HEARING OR THE DATE OF PAYMENT OF THE FINE; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 13 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 days
InsuranceFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 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.