Mississippi Senate Bill 2393 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 71-3-13, 71-3-17, 71-3-21 And 71-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Total Compensation That An Employee May Recover Under The Workers' Compensation Law, And To Provide That Compensation For Permanent Total Disability Shall Be Paid To The Employee Until His Death; To Require Employers To Make All Reasonable Efforts To Protect Employees From Preventable Hazards; To Prohibit Employers From Firing, Suspending Or Retaliating Against An Employee Who Files A Workers' Compensation Claim; And For Related Purposes.

Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery, remove permanent total disability compensation cap.

Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. David Jordan [D]	Sen. Willie Simmons [D]	Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]
Sen. Kelvin Butler [D]	Sen. Albert Butler [D]	Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]	Sen. Joseph Thomas [D]
Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
71	3	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
71	3	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
71	3	21	Amended Code	See Bill Text
71	3	25	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2393.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2393IN.htm