BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 6252: Automobile insurance

Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage.

Summary

Requires every basic automobile insurance contract to include a provision for the right to an appraisal and a provision requiring that, if repairable, the amount paid under the claim allows the vehicle to be restored to its condition prior to the loss.
Requires the payment of an automobile insurance claim be based on reasonable and necessary costs at the claimant's chosen repair facility.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 17, 2024First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6252 (2025–26) Free transit/CTC students · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6252 (2019–20) Parks & rec. comm'n leases · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6252 (2017–18) Temporary elevator licenses · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6252 (2015–16) Criminal history/employment · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6252 (2013–14) Felony sex offenders · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6252 (2011–12) Commercial sex abuse/minor · Enacted · Chapter 139, Laws of 2012
SB 6252 (2009–10) Insurance/credit history · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6252 (2007–08) Cowlitz county judges · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor