SB 208 Hawaii Senate · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO UNCLAIMED LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS.

Summary

Adopts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act, which requires life insurers to conduct database searches using the federal Social Security Administration's death master file or similar database to determine whether an insured has died. Requires life insurers to use good faith efforts to locate any beneficiaries to a policy, contract, or retained asset account. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to use discretion to limit, exempt, or phase-in compliance with requirements under certain circumstances. (CD1)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2017

Committee Review

Apr 2018

Senate Passage

May 2018

House Passage

May 2018

Signed into Law

Jul 2018

Introduced Jan 20, 2017 Signed Jul 11, 2018

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jul 11, 2018

Signed into law

Act 202, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311).

upper

Jul 11, 2018

Signed into law

Act 202, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311).

lower

Apr 26, 2018

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 33-18) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 26, 2018

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.

upper

Apr 26, 2018

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 33-18).

upper

Apr 24, 2018

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Luke, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.

lower

Apr 24, 2018

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara.

upper

Apr 23, 2018

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.

upper

Apr 20, 2018

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 2:30PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 10, 2018

Introduced

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 10, 2018

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 491).

upper

Apr 6, 2018

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Apr 3, 2018

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto.

lower

Mar 23, 2018

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1328-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 20, 2018

Lower · Passed

The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, LoPresti, Say, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Johanson, Mizuno, McDermott.

lower

Mar 14, 2018

Lower · Passed

The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-20-18.

lower

Mar 8, 2018

Committee

Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 35

lower

Mar 6, 2018

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 57) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 6, 2018

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 26, 2018

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Espero, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda, Ihara, Ruderman.

upper

Feb 22, 2018

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-26-18 9:45AM in conference room 229.

upper

Jan 26, 2018

Committee

Re-Referred to CPH.

upper

Feb 17, 2017

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 17, 2017

Committee

Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 469) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 14, 2017

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Kidani, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

upper

Feb 3, 2017

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-17 9:00AM in conference room 229.

upper

Jan 25, 2017

Committee

Re-Referred to CPH, WAM.

upper

Jan 20, 2017

Committee

Referred to CPH.

upper

Jan 20, 2017

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors