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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2707

Insurance Benefits Roofing Repair Consumer Protection Act; create.

Became law as Chapter 477, Laws of 2014, signed April 10, 2014, 80 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "INSURANCE BENEFITS ROOFING REPAIR CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT"; TO DEFINE TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO REQUIRE A RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR TO FURNISH TO AN INSURED A NOTICE OF CANCELLATION BEFORE SIGNING AN INSURANCE BENEFITS RESIDENTIAL ROOF SYSTEM REPAIR CONTRACT; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS ENTERED INTO AN INSURANCE BENEFITS RESIDENTIAL ROOF SYSTEM REPAIR CONTRACT MAY CANCEL THE CONTRACT WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS OF RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE INSURER THAT HIS CLAIM IS NOT A COVERED LOSS UNDER THE POLICY; TO PROVIDE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 9 OF SENATE BILL NO. 2796, 2014 REGULAR SESSION, TO REVISE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A CERTAIN PROVISION IN THE BILL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

January 20 to April 10, 2014, 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 action21 actions on 17 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 516 days

InsuranceJan 20 to Jan 299 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 427 days

InsuranceFeb 15 to Feb 183 days

Judiciary AFeb 18 to Feb 257 days

InsuranceFeb 25 to Feb 250 days

Back in the SenateMar 4 to Apr 734 days

With the GovernorApr 7 to Apr 103 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 4

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Insurance
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 4

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Insurance and on Judiciary A
  3. Reported from IN to JA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from JA to IN in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  6. Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 5 – Apr 7

  1. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the Senate: Carmichael, Parks and Jones
  4. Conferees named in the House: Chism, Busby and DeLano
  5. Conference report filed in the House
  6. Conference report filed in the Senate
  7. Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 7 – Apr 10

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 21 actions, as published