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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2502

Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 71-3-13, 71-3-17, 71-3-21 AND 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM TOTAL COMPENSATION THAT AN EMPLOYEE MAY RECOVER UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AND TO PROVIDE THAT COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY SHALL BE PAID TO THE EMPLOYEE UNTIL HIS DEATH; 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

1 co-sponsor

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

February 20 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 SenateFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

InsuranceFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6

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