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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Windstorm Underwriting Association; authorize to levy recoupable and nonrecoupable assessments."
+description: "Windstorm Underwriting Association; authorize to levy recoupable and nonrecoupable assessments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 444"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 444 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance", "Appropriations", "Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chism"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-01-14T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d5edaa6-304a-470e-8248-d3d96b021194"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
+source_hash: "4d1d47f30c761e144fb711bfcdc4c922e0c19a766375d84076b88e970250731b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 444 (2019) — Windstorm Underwriting Association; authorize to levy recoupable and nonrecoupable assessments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0444IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0444.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0444PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0444_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0444CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0444SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **97–21** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **99–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chism — primary (person)
+- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
+- Hines — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Paden — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: IN To AP
+- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPCS: AP To IN
+- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDPAA: AC To AP
+- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Chism,Hines,Read
+- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Polk,Blackwell,Clarke
+- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2019-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d5edaa6-304a-470e-8248-d3d96b021194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+