AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT (Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2023
Last action Jun 15, 2023
Floor votes · House May 16, 2023
How they voted
60–9
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 74
May 16, 2023
D
Democratic64
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican9
88% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jun 15, 2023
Committee
06/15/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
05/16/2023 House passed Sub A
lower
May 2, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 5, 2023
Committee
04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
02/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 10, 2023
Introduced
02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joseph Solomon
DDemocratic
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