Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Videt Carmichael
Sponsored
Became law2
Insurance companies; revise laws regulating holding companies & credit for reinsurance, require risk & solvency assessments.
Life insurance; clarify effect of payment when proceeds become payable.
Passed the Senate2
Bail to be posted by criminal defendants; make revisions to bail system.
Clarke County; authorize donations to Multi-County Community Service Agency, Inc.
In committee9
Health insurance; require coverage for hearing aids and services for hearing impaired children.
Auto insurance; extend repealer on law requiring repair business and lienholder on check paying a claim.
Bail bondsmen; remove prohibition from acting as a personal surety agent in the writing of bail while licensed as limited surety agent.
Professional bail agent; premium, commission or fee shall be earned when bail bond is posted.
Counties; authorize board of supervisors to dissolve, redefine and reconfigure fire protection districts.
Property and casualty insurance; allow expense depreciation.
Surplus lines insurance; allow placement without determining availability from admitted insurers.
Debtor-creditor; exempt annuities, IRAs & deferred compensation plans from all liability for debts of the participants or beneficiaries.
Insurance fraud; provide civil immunity to insurers and other persons acting in good faith when reporting the fraud.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
State buildings; rename the MDEQ Building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Lauderdale County; extend repeal date on the Lauderdale County Tourism Commission.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Passed the Senate · 2
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Blue, Red and Med Lives Matter Act; create.
In committee · 1
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.