Mississippi Senate Bill 2020 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 71-3-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Vaccine-related Accidents Or Injuries Shall Be Compensable Under The Workers' Compensation Law; To Provide For A Presumption In Favor Of Compensation; To Amend Section 71-5-513, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Discharge From Employment For Failure To Comply With An Employer-required Vaccine Mandate Shall Be Good Cause For Purposes Of Determining Eligibility For Unemployment Compensation; And For Related Purposes.

Workers' Compensation; vaccine-related accidents or injuries shall be compensable.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-06	Senate	Referred To Insurance;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
71	5	513	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2020.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2020IN.htm