l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 993

Design Professionals; declare certain provisions in contracts for services void and establish standard of care.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DECLARE CERTAIN HOLD HARMLESS CLAUSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDEMNIFICATION, ADDITIONAL INSURED PARTIES AND STANDARDS OF CARE IN CONTRACTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE; TO DEFINE THE TERM "DESIGN PROFESSIONAL" AS A PERSON REGISTERED TO PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, SURVEYING OR GEOLOGY IN MISSISSIPPI; TO REQUIRE AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A PARTY SUING A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO CERTIFY, WHEN FILING THE COMPLAINT, THAT THE ATTORNEY HAS CONSULTED WITH ANOTHER DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF THE PARTY'S CLAIM; 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

Clay Deweese

Its course

February 6 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 6 to Mar 5 · stopped28 days

Judiciary AFeb 6 to Mar 5 · stopped28 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 6 – Mar 5

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