Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2649
Workers' compensation; increase criminal fines for fraud/prohibit benefits if employee knowingly makes false representations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL FINES FOR MISREPRESENTATION TO OBTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS OR BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS OR BENEFITS IF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION OR THE COMMISSION DETERMINES THAT THE EMPLOYEE KNOWINGLY MADE FALSE REPRESENTATIONS TO SECURE BENEFITS; TO AMEND SECTION 7-5-309, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL FINES FOR INSURANCE FRAUD; 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
Sponsor
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.