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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1118

Residential roofing contractors; revise requirements under Insurance Benefits Roofing Repair Consumer Protection Act.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-24-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "ROOF SYSTEM" UNDER THE INSURANCE BENEFITS ROOFING REPAIR CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 75-24-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE REQUIRED CANCELLATION PERIOD IN ROOF SYSTEM REPAIR CONTRACTS FROM THREE TO FIVE DAYS AND TO PROHIBIT A RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR FROM REQUIRING PAYMENT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE CANCELLATION PERIOD; TO PROHIBIT A RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR FROM REPRESENTING A PROPERTY OWNER ON INSURANCE CLAIMS AND FROM RECEIVING PAYMENT FROM AN ATTORNEY FOR CLAIM REFERRALS; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR A POST-LOSS ASSIGNMENT BY AN INSURED TO A RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR; TO AMEND SECTION 75-24-311, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SUBJECT A RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR WHO VIOLATES THE INSURANCE BENEFITS ROOFING REPAIR CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY THE STATE BOARD OF CONTRACTORS; 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

1 co-sponsor

William Tracy Arnold

Its course

February 12 to March 5, 2024, 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 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days

InsuranceFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 12 – Mar 5

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