Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2020
Workers' Compensation; vaccine-related accidents or injuries shall be compensable.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 71-3-131, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT VACCINE-RELATED ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES SHALL BE COMPENSABLE UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW; TO PROVIDE FOR A PRESUMPTION IN FAVOR OF COMPENSATION; TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-513, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT DISCHARGE FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN EMPLOYER-REQUIRED VACCINE MANDATE SHALL BE GOOD CAUSE FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION; 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 6 to February 1, 2022, 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 6 to Feb 1 · stopped26 days
InsuranceJan 6 to Feb 1 · 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 6 – Feb 1
- Jan 6Referred to the Senate committees on Insurance and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 6Referred To Insurance;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate