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SB 193 Unfair claim settlement practices; appraisal of automobile repair costs.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Unfair claim settlement practices; appraisal of motor vehicle repair costs. Authorizes the repair facility or the insurer making the appraisal of the cost of repairing a motor vehicle that has been damaged as the result of a covered loss to prepare an initial repair appraisal, which may be the final repair appraisal, on the motor vehicle either from personal inspection of the vehicle by a representative of the repair facility or insurer or from photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery of the motor vehicle. The measure prohibits an insurer from requiring an owner of a motor vehicle to submit photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery as a condition of an appraisal. Supplemental repair estimates that become necessary after the repair work has been initiated due to discovery of additional damage to the motor vehicle may also be made from photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery of the motor vehicle, provided that in the case of disputed repairs a personal inspection is required. Currently, a person is prohibited from making appraisals of the cost of repairing a motor vehicle that has been damaged as a result of a collision unless the appraisal is based upon a personal inspection. An insurer's violation of the requirement with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice constitutes an unfair claim settlement practice. This bill is identical to HB 870.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102174D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104751D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB193ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/04/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102174D
- 01/04/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/01/16 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104751D-S1
- 02/03/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104751D-S1
- 02/04/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB193S1
- 02/05/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/18/16 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/16 House: Read second time
- 02/22/16 House: Read third time
- 02/22/16 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB193ER)
- 02/23/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/16
- 02/23/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2016
- 03/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)