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HB 427: Civil Remedies Against Insurers

GENERAL BILL by Passidomo

Civil Remedies Against Insurers; Requires that before bringing common-law bad faith action against insurer, party bringing action must first provide to DOI & insurer prior written notification of specified number of days; requires notice relating to bringing of common-law claim of bad faith must specify common-law duty violated by insurer; requires notice to specify amount of moneys that insurer has failed to tender or pay if specific statutory or common-law based violation includes such failure; provides that circumstances giving rise to statutory or common-law based violations are corrected by specifically described monetary tenders by insurer; provides that either third-party claimant or insured is entitled to general release, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 1/31/2012 House - Unfavorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee, laid on Table; YEAS 7 NAYS 8
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/20/2011 House • Filed
    10/28/2011 House • Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 43
    1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 43
    1/24/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/26/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB --Retained
    1/31/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/31/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
    • Unfavorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee, laid on Table; YEAS 7 NAYS 8

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  • HB 427, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/20/2011 at 9:48 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/31/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1224 Civil Remedies Against Insurers Oelrich Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    624.155 Civil remedy. Page 2 (pdf)

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