Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2037
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
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
Sponsor
Its course
January 26 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 SenateJan 26 to Feb 23 · stopped28 days
InsuranceJan 26 to Feb 23 · stopped28 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 26 – Feb 23
- Jan 26Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 26Referred To Insurance;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate