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MS HB143

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

3/6/2012

Primary Sponsor

Jessica Upshaw

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 63-2-3 of the Mississippi Code to allow evidence of failure to use a seat belt to be admissible in civil cases to prove failure to mitigate damages.

  • Maintains that failure to use a seat belt shall not be considered contributory or comparative negligence.

  • Specifies that seat belt violations shall not be entered on any individual's driving record.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2012, and applies only to causes of action that accrue on or after that date.

Legislative Description

Seat belt; provide that failure to provide and use may be admissible in evidence to prove failure to mitigate damages.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/6/2012

Full Bill Text

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