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2015 SESSION
HB 1819 Motor vehicle accidents; underinsured motorist claims, settlement procedures, subrogation.
Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Motor vehicle liability insurance; underinsured motorist claims; settlement procedures; subrogation. Establishes a procedure by which an injured person or personal representative may settle a claim with a liability insurer or insurers and the liability insurer's or insurers' insured for the available limits of the liability insurer's coverage without prejudice to any underinsured motorist benefits or claim. Upon payment of the liability insurer's available limits, the liability insurer has no further duties to its insured and the underinsured motorist benefits insurer shall have no right of subrogation or claim against the underinsured motorist. However, if the underinsured motorist unreasonably fails to cooperate with the underinsured motorist benefits insurer in the defense of any lawsuit brought by the injured person or his personal representative, the underinsured motorist may again be subjected to a claim for subrogation by the underinsured motorist benefits insurer. The measure also provides that an insurer paying underinsured motorist benefits to an insured shall have no right of subrogation against any person who settled with the underinsured motorist benefits insurer's insured pursuant to this new procedure unless the underinsured motorist failed to reasonably cooperate in the defense of any lawsuit brought against him. The underinsured motorist benefits insurer is required to pay the reasonable costs and expenses related to procuring the insured's cooperation. If the underinsured motorist cooperates with the underinsured motorist benefits insurer, or if his failure to do so was not unreasonable, then the court may award him his costs, including attorney fees, in defending the subrogation action. The provisions of the bill apply to policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2016. This bill is identical to SB 1190.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102422D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104760D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105251D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1819ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102422D
- 01/13/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/28/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104760D-H1
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Read second time
- 02/09/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104760D-H1
- 02/09/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1819H1
- 02/10/15 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N 1-A))
- 02/10/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/11/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/16/15 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/18/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/18/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105251D-S1
- 02/20/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/23/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15105251D-S1
- 02/23/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1819S1
- 02/23/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/15 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 15105251D-S1 (96-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/24/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 03/06/15 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1819ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/26/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 585 (effective 1/1/16 see bill)
- 03/26/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)