l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 288

AN ACT CONCERNING AN INSURED'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE A MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRER.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on April 8, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To clarify and extend the present "antisteering" law that prohibits insurers from requiring an insured to choose a certain motor vehicle repairer as a condition of paying for repairs, and to require insurers to pay the usual and customary hourly rate that the general public in the same geographic area of the state commonly pays for such repairs.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Frank N. Nicastro Sr.

    Its course

    February 20 to April 8, 2008, 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 action17 actions on 12 days

    In the SenateFeb 20 to Apr 8 · stopped48 days

    Transportation CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 615 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 28 to Mar 313 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeApr 3 to Apr 8 · stopped5 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 Senate Feb 20 – Apr 8

    1. Feb 20Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
    2. Feb 21Heard in Transportation Committee
    3. Mar 6Transportation Committee recommended it
    4. Mar 28Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. Mar 31Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. Apr 3Sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    7. Apr 8Insurance and Real Estate Committee took no action on it
    All 17 actions, as published
    1. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    4. Mar 6Joint FavorableBoth houses
    5. Mar 14REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 20RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 20FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 20SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 20FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Mar 28REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    11. Mar 31Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. Apr 1RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. Apr 2NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. Apr 2FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    16. Apr 3REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    17. Apr 8No ActionBoth houses