Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 171
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
January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
InsuranceJan 3 to Jan 31 · 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.