---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pet insurance; establish provisions for the sale and renewal of policies."
description: "Pet insurance; establish provisions for the sale and renewal of policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2228"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2228 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df058b4c-97dc-48e7-8b38-b1548870c71a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/McLendon.xml"
source_hash: "5c9efb738946a3d66a9244b3fc9924801f5e53a79bcfd3ce4d42b5c72e8be93c"
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 2228 (2023) — Pet insurance; establish provisions for the sale and renewal of policies.

## 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/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2228IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2228PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2228SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **103–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **49–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michel — primary (person)
- McLendon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+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/df058b4c-97dc-48e7-8b38-b1548870c71a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).