Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2403
Mississippi Public Adjuster Professional Standards Reform Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC ADJUSTER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REFORM ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 83-17-503, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSURE FOR INDEPENDENT, STAFF AND PUBLIC ADJUSTERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; TO PROVIDE HOW A PUBLIC ADJUSTER SHALL DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TO PROVIDE WHEN LICENSES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED; TO PROVIDE FOR TEMPORARY REGISTRATION FOR EMERGENCY INDEPENDENT OR STAFF ADJUSTERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF NONRESIDENTS; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW THAT PROVIDES THAT A PUBLIC ADJUSTER SHALL NOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AN INSURED UNTIL A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH THE INSURED HAS BEEN EXECUTED; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS AND THE CONTENT OF THE CONTRACT; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC ADJUSTER TO GIVE AN INSURED WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE INSURED'S RIGHTS; TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLIC ADJUSTER; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW THAT PROVIDES THAT ALL FUNDS RECEIVED OR HELD BY A PUBLIC ADJUSTER ON BEHALF OF AN INSURED TOWARD THE SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM SHALL BE HANDLED IN A FIDUCIARY CAPACITY AND DEPOSITED INTO CERTAIN FIDUCIARY TRUST ACCOUNTS; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW THAT PROVIDES FOR THE COMMISSIONS THAT A PUBLIC ADJUSTER MAY BE CHARGED AND THE FEES THAT A PUBLIC ADJUSTER MAY CHARGE; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW THAT PROVIDES CAUSES FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO PLACE ON PROBATION, SUSPEND OR REVOKE A LICENSE OR REFUSE TO RENEW THE LICENSE; TO PROVIDE THE CIVIL PENALTIES AND FINES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED WHEN A LICENSE IS DENIED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 83-17-505, 83-17-507 AND 83-17-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN LICENSURE PROCEDURES FOR LICENSE AS A PUBLIC ADJUSTER BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 83-17-501, 83-17-509, 83-17-513, 83-17-515, 83-17-517, 83-17-519, 83-17-521, 83-17-523, 83-17-525 AND 83-17-527, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-17-401, 83-17-403, 83-17-405, 83-17-407, 83-17-409, 83-17-411, 83-17-413, 83-17-415, 83-17-417, 83-17-419, 83-17-421, 83-17-423 AND 83-17-425, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.