l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2026

Motor vehicle insurance; prohibit insurer from abandoning vehicle to towing company without paying reasonable charges.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 83-11-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSES A FATALITY COVERED BY A POLICY, A DEBT INCURRED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A NAMED INSURED FOR TOWING OR STORAGE SERVICES MAY BE COLLECTED FROM AN INSURER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE COVERED UNDER THE POLICY FOR PHYSICAL DAMAGE, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH INSURER SHALL NOT ABANDON THE VEHICLE TO A TOWING OR STORAGE COMPANY WITHOUT PAYING REASONABLE CHARGES FOR THE SERVICES ALREADY INCURRED; 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

Its course

January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Mar 5 · stopped49 days

InsuranceJan 16 to Mar 5 · stopped49 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 16 – Mar 5

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