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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2019
- Done: House committeeFebruary 28, 2019
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 2019
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 20, 201949–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 8, 2019
- Done: Signed into lawApril 8, 2019
SF 559 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 559, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 559 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to insurance notices and documents delivered by electronic means to a consumer that purchases portable electronics insurance in a retail transaction. Current law requires that notices or correspondence related to a policy of portable electronics insurance be in writing and that the notices or correspondence be mailed. This requirement applies to notices or correspondence from a portable electronics insurer (insurer) to a licensed portable electronics vendor that is the policyholder (vendor), from an insurer to an enrolled consumer, and from a vendor to an enrolled consumer.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that notices and correspondence related to a policy of portable electronics insurance may be delivered by electronic means if at the time of purchase the consumer provides an electronic mail address, and the vendor or the vendor’s endorsee advises the consumer in writing that by providing the electronic mail address, the consumer is giving affirmative consent for insurance notices and correspondence to be delivered by electronic means. _____ consumer’s right to have the notice or document in paper form, and of the right to cancel the consumer’s consent.1(4). The bill requires that an insurer, a vendor, and a vendor’s endorsee comply with Code chapter 505B (insurance notices and documents —— electronic delivery and posting), except for subsection 4, for all notices and correspondence related to a policy of portable electronics insurance that are delivered by electronic means.
House subcommittee
Named February 19, 2019. On February 27, 2019 it recommended passage.
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Lobbying
4 for · 0 against · 15 undecided · Who →
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