Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on March 10, 2006. The 2006 session has ended.
2006 Regular Session
House Bill 5729
AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require all persons employed by motor vehicle repair shops that prepare appraisals or estimates for motor vehicle physical damage claims to be licensed as motor vehicle physical damage appraisers; to require all negotiations between such repair shops and insurers to be conducted by licensed appraisers; to allow insurers to inspect the damaged motor vehicle before supplemental repairs are made; to require such repair shops to provide information to insurers on the repairs that were made; and to establish an independent dispute resolution board for the efficient and speedy settlement of disputes between claimants and insurance companies re automobile physical damage and property liability damage claims in lieu of the current arbitration procedure.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
March 7 to March 10, 2006, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 7 to Mar 10 · stopped3 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeMar 7 to Mar 10 · stopped3 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 7 – Mar 10
- Mar 7Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
- Mar 10Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 7REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses