AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE APPRAISAL PROVISION
Summary
Requires an insurance company to directly pay the insured's chosen appraiser and the umpire appraiser, if applicable, upon receipt of a "direction to pay" executed by an insured or claimant.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Last action Apr 28, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 28, 2026
Committee
04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
03/23/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/26/2026)
legislature
Feb 27, 2026
Introduced
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill O'Brien
DDemocratic
P
Matthew Dawson
DDemocratic
P
Scott Slater
DDemocratic
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