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1997 SESSION
SB 959 Insurance; uninsured motorist coverage.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Insurance; uninsured motorist coverage. Includes within the definition of "uninsured motor vehicle" a motor vehicle owned or operated by an individual immune from liability for negligence under state or federal law. The bill further provides that such immunity shall not be a bar to an insured claimant obtaining a judgment against his own insurer under the uninsured motorist provisions of his own insurance policy; the insurer may not raise this immunity as a defense to its insured's uninsured motorist claim.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/97 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 973648655 pdf
- 01/29/97 Senate: Printed as engrossed 973648655-E pdf
- 02/17/97 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB959ER) pdf
- 03/17/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/97 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 973648655
- 01/17/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/27/97 Senate: Reported from C. & L. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/97 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/29/97 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/29/97 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/29/97 Senate: Printed as engrossed 973648655-E
- 01/29/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Communicated to House
- 01/30/97 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/97 House: Read first time
- 01/31/97 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 02/06/97 House: Reported from C. I. B. w/amds. (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/97 House: Read second time
- 02/10/97 House: Read third time
- 02/10/97 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/10/97 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/10/97 House: Passed House with amendments (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/97 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/97 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/12/97 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/97 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/97 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB959ER)
- 02/22/97 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/97 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/97 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/97 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/97)
- 03/17/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)