Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith.
Summary
Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurancepolicies; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company denies,refuses, or fails to pay its insured, or refuses a reasonable settlementdemand within the policy's coverage limits, for a claim for uninsuredor underinsured motorist benefits within a reasonable time afterbeing presented with a demand for such benefits and it is subsequentlyfound that such denial, refusal, or failure was not in good faith,then the insurance company is liable to the insured for the fullamount of the judgment and reasonable attorney fees, expenses, andinterest.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Mar 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2021
How they voted
25–7
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Jan 22, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 9-N)
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100921D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CP
Chap Petersen
DDemocratic
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