Mississippi Senate Bill 2796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-24 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act"; To Define Terms Used In The Act; To Require An Insurer To Perform A Comparison Of Its In-force Policies, Annuities And Retained Asset Accounts Issued In This State Against A Death Master File To Identify Potential Death Master File Matches; To Provide That Once Proceeds Are Reported And Remitted, The Insurer Shall Be Indemnified From Any Liability To Any Person Relating To The Proceeds Reported And Remitted; To Provide That Any Proceeds Remitted To The State Of Mississippi Shall Be Deposited Into The Abandoned Property Fund Maintained By The State Treasurer; To Prohibit The Commissioner Of Insurance And The State Treasurer From Promulgating Rules Or Regulations That Impose Additional Duties On Insurers Beyond Those Set Forth In This Act; To Create A New Section Of Law To Provide That Certain United States Savings Bonds Which Are Unclaimed Property Shall Escheat To The State Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act; create.

Sen. Videt Carmichael [R]

2014-03-13 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-25 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-24		Approved by Governor
2014-03-18	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2014-03-18	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2014-03-13	Senate	Concurred in Amend From House
2014-03-03	House	Returned For Concurrence
2014-02-26	House	Passed As Amended
2014-02-26	House	Amended
2014-02-26	House	Reconsidered
2014-02-25	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Mayo, Chism, Busby)
2014-02-25	House	Passed As Amended
2014-02-25	House	Amended
2014-02-18	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2014-02-15	House	Referred To Insurance
2014-02-06	Senate	Transmitted To House
2014-02-05	Senate	Passed
2014-02-05	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2014-01-29	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2796.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2796IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2796CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2796PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2796SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/votes/senate/0300032.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/votes/house/0500024.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/votes/house/0510002.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/votes/senate/0660007.pdf