Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 80
Workers' compensation; revise amount allowed for disability or death cases.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ALLOWED FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH CASES FROM SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR THE STATE PER WEEK; TO AMEND SECTIONS 71-3-17 AND 71-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT AND PAYMENT; TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; 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 7 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 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days
InsuranceJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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.