Relating to insurance notices and documents delivered by electronic means to a consumer that purchases portable electronics insurance in a retail transaction. Effective 7-1-19

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
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   Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
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   Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2019
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 20, 201949–0
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 2019
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 8, 2019
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   Done: Signed into lawApril 8, 2019

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 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 delivered or mailed. 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 consumer is advised in a conspicuous disclosure, prior to or at the point of sale, that by providing the electronic mail address, the consumer is giving affirmative consent for insurance notices and correspondence to be delivered by electronic means.

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