Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1210
Workers' Compensation; require death benefits payments to next-of-kin if no dependents exist.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION DEATH BENEFITS TO BE PAID TO NEXT-OF-KIN IF NO DEPENDENTS EXIST; 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 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
InsuranceFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.