---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uninsured Motorist Act; provide coverage for claims involving vehicles owned or operated by persons protected by the MS Tort Claims Act."
description: "Uninsured Motorist Act; provide coverage for claims involving vehicles owned or operated by persons protected by the MS Tort Claims Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2230"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2230 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d859b3b-a3be-4005-927a-54414fd95aa9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Michel.xml"
source_hash: "3829fd65fc5c175e930b97c16d99316eadfe9885679d20db878cd09a29cd0cda"
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 SB 2230 (2020) — Uninsured Motorist Act; provide coverage for claims involving vehicles owned or operated by persons protected by the MS Tort Claims Act.

## 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/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2230IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2230PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2230SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Michel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-06-10T05:00:00+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/2d859b3b-a3be-4005-927a-54414fd95aa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).