Bill > HB988

Introduced Session

An Act To Create The Strengthen Mississippi Homes Act; To Amend Section 83-1-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rename The Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Program The "strengthen Mississippi Homes Program"; To Require The Program To Provide For Hurricane, Tornado And Other Catastrophic Windstorm Damage Mitigation; To Delete Requirements For A Cost-benefit Study On Wind Hazard Mitigation Construction Measures, Wind Certification And Hurricane Mitigation Inspections, And An Advisory Council; To Increase The Maximum Amount Of Financial Grants, Per Home, Offered By The Program; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Promulgate Rules For Issuing Grants Under The Program; To Rename The Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program Fund The "strengthen Mississippi Homes Program Fund"; To Delete The Repealer On The Program; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Submit An Annual Report To The Governor, Lieutenant Governor And Chairs Of The House And Senate Insurance Committees On The Program; To Amend Section 83-5-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Fee Charged By The Commissioner Of Insurance For Filing And Processing An Agent's Certificate Of Authority; To Require Half Of The Fee To Be Deposited Into The Strengthen Mississippi Homes Program Fund And Half Into The State General Fund; And For Related Purposes.

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Lee Yancey (R)*, 

Died In Committee (on 02/03/2026)

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