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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Commerce Committee passed the named driver exclusion bill, HB 329 with one amendment (#683325) during its meeting on January 11, 2018. This was the last committee stop for the bill; thus it will next be heard on the House floor when set by the House Rules Committee.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills (HB 33, SB 90) changing the current enforcement of the ban on texting while driving from secondary to primary, which will allow a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle solely for texting while driving, passed committees in the House and Senate during the first week of the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 10, 2018, the House Insurance and Banking Subcommitee approved HB 533 with one amendment. The bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor vehicle services if such services are purchased from a membership organization affiliated with the insurer and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee used all of their allotted committee meeting time during their January 10, 2018 meeting to discuss, debate, and vote on the PIP repeal bill. Thus, they did not consider the autoglass bill (SB 396) or the named driver exclusion bill (SB 518). These…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee did not vote on the PIP repeal or auto glass bills at their meeting on December 5, 2017 because the Committee ran out of time. They were allotted two hours to meet and a workers’ compensation bill for first responders took the majority…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee passed the named driver exclusion bill, HB 329 during its meeting on November 15, 2017. The bill authorizes the specific exclusion of named individuals from private passenger motor vehicle insurance coverages. The bill prohibits an exclusion for periods when the names…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House PIP repeal and replace bill (HB 19) was heard by its only committee of reference, Commerce Committee, on November 7, 2017. The bill passed with two amendments. It will now go to the House floor for a full vote by the chamber when put on the floor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Rep. Grall filed the House PIP repeal bill on October 10, 2017. She also filed the 2017 House PIP repeal bill. The 2017 bill did not pass. The 2018 House PIP repeal bill is different from the 2018 Senate PIP repeal bill. The House bill, HB 19, repeals…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On October 4, 2017, Sen. Farmer filed another attack on the auto insurance industry. The bill filed, SB 414, prohibits insurers from using credit reports and scores for underwriting and rating for personal lines motor vehicle insurance. Sen. Farmer, a trial lawyer, has also filed bills for consideration…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On October 3, 2017, Sen. Farmer, a trial lawyer, filed SB 410 which repeals current law allowing zip code rating for auto insurance under specified conditions and as long as the rate is not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. The bill also prohibits insurers from using a single zip…