Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1060
Strengthen Mississippi Homes Act; create catastrophic windstorm damage mitigation program in Department of Insurance.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE STRENGTHEN MISSISSIPPI HOMES ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 83-1-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RENAME THE COMPREHENSIVE HURRICANE DAMAGE PROGRAM AS THE "STRENGTHEN MISSISSIPPI HOMES PROGRAM"; TO REQUIRE THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR HURRICANE, TORNADO AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC WINDSTORM DAMAGE MITIGATION; TO DELETE REQUIREMENTS FOR A COST-BENEFIT STUDY ON WIND HAZARD MITIGATION CONSTRUCTION MEASURES, WIND CERTIFICATION AND HURRICANE MITIGATION INSPECTIONS, AND AN ADVISORY COUNCIL; TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL GRANTS, PER HOME, OFFERED BY THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO PROMULGATE RULES FOR ISSUING GRANTS UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO RENAME THE COMPREHENSIVE HURRICANE DAMAGE MITIGATION PROGRAM FUND THE "STRENGTHEN MISSISSIPPI HOMES PROGRAM FUND"; TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND CHAIRS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE INSURANCE COMMITTEES ON THE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 83-5-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE FEE CHARGED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE FOR FILING AND PROCESSING AN AGENT'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY; TO REQUIRE HALF OF THE FEE TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STRENGTHEN MISSISSIPPI HOMES PROGRAM FUND AND HALF INTO THE STATE GENERAL FUND; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to February 3, 2026, 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 RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days
InsuranceJan 16 to Feb 3 · 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.