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PA SB901

PA SB901
In financial responsibility, further providing for availability, scope and amount of coverage, repealing provisions relating to request for lower limits of coverage, providing for offer of lower limits of coverage, repealing provisions relating to coverages in excess of required amounts and to stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits and option to waive, providing for stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits prohibited and further providing for notice of available benefits and limi


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Introduced
09/07/2023
In Committee
09/07/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2024

Introduced Session

2023-2024 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for availability, scope and amount of coverage, repealing provisions relating to request for lower limits of coverage, providing for offer of lower limits of coverage, repealing provisions relating to coverages in excess of required amounts and to stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits and option to waive, providing for stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits prohibited and further providing for notice of available benefits and limits and for availability of uninsured, underinsured, bodily injury liability and property damage coverages and mandatory deductibles.

AI Summary

This bill amends Pennsylvania's vehicle financial responsibility laws to: 1) Prohibit "stacking" of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage limits across multiple vehicles, requiring coverage limits to be applied separately for each vehicle. 2) Require insurers to offer uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage in amounts equal to the insured's bodily injury liability limits, while allowing the insured to select lower limits. Insurers may also offer higher uninsured/underinsured limits. 3) Repeal provisions related to requesting lower limits of uninsured/underinsured coverage and stacking of such coverage. 4) Require insurers to provide written notice to policyholders about uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage options and the elimination of stacking. The changes generally take effect 180 days after the bill's enactment, and do not impact existing policy elections or waivers beyond the specified coverage amounts.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (4)

Last Action

Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE (on 09/07/2023)

Bill Topics

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce
  • ‐ Insurance Regulation

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