Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2040
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 5 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 SenateJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
InsuranceJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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 5 – Jan 31
- Jan 5Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 5Referred To Insurance;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate