Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1449
Fire protection; revise provisions regarding mandatory retirement of fire apparatus and response distance.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT MANDATORY FIRE APPARATUS RETIREMENT BASED SOLELY ON AGE WHEN CONDITION, TESTING AND MAINTENANCE CRITERIA ARE SATISFIED; TO AMEND SECTION 83-3-24, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE RESPONSE DISTANCE FROM A FIRE STATION THAT MUST BE UTILIZED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE RATING BUREAU WHEN GRADING MUNICIPALITIES OR FIRE DISTRICTS FOR FIRE INSURANCE RATING PURPOSES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 83-1-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES CERTAIN FUNDS COLLECTED ON THE GROSS PREMIUMS OF FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES TO BE EARMARKED FOR THE MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 83-1-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES CERTAIN FUNDS FROM THE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX TO BE EARMARKED FOR THE COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND, FOR PURPOSES 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 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.