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BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5509

SB 5509: Holocaust victims insurance

Creating the Holocaust victims insurance relief act.

Summary

  • $ Allows the Insurance Commissioner to create a Holocaust Survivor Assistance Office and Holocaust Insurance Company Registry to assist Holocaust survivors, heirs, and beneficiaries recover improperly denied insurance proceeds and other improperly denied assets.
  • $ Establishes remedies for failure to comply with this act and for knowingly filing false information.
  • $ Grants Washington State Superior Courts jurisdiction over actions by Holocaust survivors, heirs or beneficiaries to recover proceeds from Holocaust-era insurance policies and extends the statute of limitations for such actions to December 31, 2010.
  • $ Allows the Insurance Commissioner to cooperate with the International Commission investigating and facilitating the recovery of improperly denied Holocaust-era insurance policy proceeds.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 5509), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Enacted Enacted · Chapter 8, Laws of 1999
  1. IntroducedJan 26, 1999
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed SenateMar 9, 1999
  4. Passed HouseApr 6, 1999
  5. Governor
  6. LawApr 15, 1999
Prime sponsor
Adam Kline (D-37)
Introduced
January 26, 1999 in the Senate
Last action
April 15, 1999
Session law
Chapter 8, Laws of 1999
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5509, SSB 5509

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Adam Kline (D-37)

20 co-sponsors (15 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Ken Jacobsen D-46Michael Heavey D-34Jim Horn R-41Bill Finkbeiner R-45Julia Patterson D-33Rosa Franklin D-29Darlene Fairley D-32Margarita Prentice D-11Harold Hochstatter R-13Albert Bauer D-49Georgia Gardner D-42Jeralita "Jeri" Costa D-38Tracey Eide D-30Dan McDonald R-48Betti Sheldon D-23Calvin Goings D-25Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Marilyn Rasmussen D-2Bob Oke R-26

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 9, 1999
Version voted on: SSB 5509
48 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat27000
Republican21001
How each member voted

Yea (48)

Excused (1)

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House · Final Passage

April 6, 1999
Version voted on: SSB 5509
91 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 7 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat45004
Republican46003
How each member voted

Yea (91)

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History

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