Enacts provisions to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle insurance fraud and motor vehicle theft
Summary
Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes such superintendent to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments; includes within the class E felony of insurance fraud in the fourth degree, the operation of a motor vehicle in this state when the vehicle is insured in another state, but it is actually garaged in this state or the owner principally resides in this state; requires applicants for motor vehicle registrations and driver's licenses to provide the department of motor vehicles with the address of their principal place of residence; relates to the crime of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; adds other motor vehicle related crimes as predicate crimes which may increase punishment for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the second degree when one is convicted of such crimes within the preceding ten years.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
Jun 2018
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2017
Last action Jun 20, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Jun 20, 2018
How they voted
60–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
Jun 20, 2018
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican31
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Jun 20, 2018
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Jun 20, 2018
Senate · Passed
PASSED SENATE
Jun 20, 2018
Senate · Referred to committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jan 3, 2018
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Jan 3, 2018
Assembly · Failed
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
Jun 15, 2017
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Jun 15, 2017
Senate · Passed
PASSED SENATE
Jun 15, 2017
Senate · Referred to committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jan 25, 2017
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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