Mississippi Senate Bill 2921 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create And Place Under The Management Of The Department Of Insurance The "injured Volunteer Firefighters Fund"; To Provide Certain Medical Assistance And Certain Other Benefits To Volunteer Firefighters Who Are Injured In The Performance Of Their Duties; To Establish The Injured Volunteer Firefighters Fund Advisory Board; To Provide That Counties And Municipalities Shall Pay A Portion Of The Benefit; To Amend Sections 83-1-37 And 83-1-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Divert A Certain Amount Of The Insurance Rebate Monies, For Fiscal Year 2020, To The Injured Volunteer Firefighters Fund; To Bring Forward Section 45-11-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For A Premium Tax On Fire Insurance Policies; To Bring Forward Section 83-13-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Insurance Companies Selling Fire Insurance Policies To Pay Certain Volunteer Fire Departments For Protecting Property; And For Related Purposes.

Firefighters; extend workers comp or other insurance benefits to.

Sen. Juan Barnett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Insurance;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2921.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2921IN.htm