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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 896

Uninsured motorist coverage; provide that limits will be equal to liability coverage unless insured selects otherwise.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 83-11-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE LIMITS SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY EQUAL TO THE LIMITS OF BODILY INJURY LIABILITY COVERAGE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY COVERAGE UNLESS THE INSURED SPECIFICALLY SELECTS UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE OF LESSER LIMITS; 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 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

InsuranceJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published