l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 243

Tax preparers; require to have certain amount of errors and omissions coverage.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EVERY PERSON OR FIRM IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WHO IS NOT A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND WHO FILES FEDERAL AND STATE TAX RETURNS ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT TO CARRY ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE COVERAGE IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER OCCURRENCE THAT COVERS EVERY PERSON ASSOCIATED OR REGISTERED WITH THE PERSON OR FIRM; TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING PROOF OF SUCH ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE; 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

Its course

January 3 to February 28, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 3 to Feb 836 days

InsuranceJan 3 to Jan 3128 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Feb 28 · stopped20 days

InsuranceFeb 21 to Feb 28 · stopped7 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 House of Representatives Jan 3 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 8Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 13 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 21Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Finance
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To InsuranceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 8Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 8PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 21Referred To Insurance;FinanceSenate
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate