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Relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the loss calculation for specified insurance settlements of automobile partial or total losses, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Commerce Committee
Topics:InsuranceTransportation
Same legislation: HF 324
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 23, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 16, 202396–0
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When an insurance company pays for a car that is partially or totally damaged, they must now include the value of any child car seats found in the vehicle. This rule applies to cars designed to carry nine people or fewer. It ensures that the cost of booster seats or other safety seating systems is counted when calculating an insurance settlement.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the loss calculation for insurance settlements of automobile partial or total losses. The bill requires a person to include the value of any child restraint systems that are located in an automobile at the time the automobile is subject to a partial or total loss. “Automobile” is defined in the bill as a motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying nine passengers or less, excluding motorcycles and motorized bicycles. 213. The bill applies to automobile losses for automobiles that are subject to a partial or total loss occurring on or after July 1, 2023.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 21, 2023. On January 25, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 164 Relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the partial loss calc…89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 2055 Relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the partial loss calc…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 215 Relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the loss calculation …91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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