Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Business and Financial Institutions Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2217
Mississippi Design Professionals Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI DESIGN PROFESSIONALS ACT; TO MAKE CONTRACT TERMS THAT REQUIRE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO INDEMNIFY OR HOLD HARMLESS PERSONS OR ENTITIES FOR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN DAMAGES THEY ACTUALLY CAUSED THROUGH NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL ACTIONS, REQUIRES DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO DEFEND ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY AGAINST CLAIMS ARISING FROM ISSUES RELATED TO RENDERED OR NOT RENDERED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, REQUIRES DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO NAME ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED PARTY ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY, OR SUBJECTS DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO A STANDARD OF CARE DIFFERENT THAN THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD, TO ALL BE VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE; 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 13 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 SenateJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days
Business and Financial InstitutionsJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 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 13 – Jan 31
- Jan 13Referred to the Senate committees on Business and Financial Institutions and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate