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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 93

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Relating to: motor vehicle repair practices.

Consumer protection Garage Insurance — Motor vehicle

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits an insurer that issues a motor vehicle insurance policy

that covers the repair or replacement of motor vehicle glass from conditioning the

coverage on whether the insured or a third party making a claim under the policy

obtains services or parts from a particular vendor specified by the insurer.

This bill prohibits an insurer that issues a motor vehicle insurance policy that

covers repairs to a motor vehicle from: 1) requiring that repairs must be made by a

particular contractor or repair facility as a condition of that coverage; or 2) failing to

initiate or conclude with due dispatch an investigation of a claim for repairs on the

basis of whether the repair will be made by a particular contractor or repair facility.

The bill provides that, for purposes of the prohibition on insurers from requiring

insureds to use a particular repair facility, a consumer has the right to select the

motor vehicle repair facility of his or her choice.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Marklein (R) , Ringhand (D)

12 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Kerkman (R) , Knodl (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Skowronski (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 29, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 29, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 27, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ringhand and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives E. Brooks, Tittl, Knodl, Kerkman, Murtha, Mursau, Bernier, R. Brooks, T. Larson, Skowronski and Quinn

  2. Mar 27, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade

  3. Apr 29, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

  4. May 13, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 20, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 29, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. May 29, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. May 29, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Sep 15, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-16-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

  15. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Sep 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Sep 16, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  18. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Oct 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-3-2015 by Committee on Rules

  20. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  21. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Nov 3, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Nov 9, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Nov 10, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015

  29. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 93

  30. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Published 11-12-2015