l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 728

Liability insurance policies; must include provision that insolvency or bankruptcy of insured does not release insurer from payment of damages during policy.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO POLICY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE SHALL BE ISSUED IN THIS STATE UNLESS IT CONTAINS PROVISIONS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE INSOLVENCY OR BANKRUPTCY OF THE INSURED SHALL NOT RELEASE THE INSURER FROM THE PAYMENT OF DAMAGES FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED OR LOSS OCCASIONED DURING THE EXISTENCE OF THE POLICY, AND ANY JUDGMENT WHICH MAY BE RENDERED AGAINST THE INSURED FOR WHICH THE INSURER IS LIABLE WHICH SHALL HAVE BECOME EXECUTORY, SHALL BE DEEMED PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE INSOLVENCY OF THE INSURED, AND AN ACTION MAY THEREAFTER BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE TERMS AND LIMITS OF THE POLICY BY THE INJURED PERSON, OR HIS SURVIVORS, OR HEIRS, AGAINST THE INSURER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE INJURED PERSON OR HIS SURVIVORS OR HEIRS, AT THEIR OPTION, SHALL HAVE A RIGHT OF DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE INSURER WITHIN THE TERMS AND LIMITS OF THE POLICY; 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

3 co-sponsors

Oscar Denton, Carl Mickens, Daryl Porter

Its course

February 10 to March 3, 2020, 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 10 to Mar 3 · stopped22 days

InsuranceFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped22 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 Feb 10 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 10Referred to the House committees on Insurance and on Judiciary A
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 10Referred To Insurance;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives