SB 924 (2020) -  Civil Actions Against Insurers

General Bill by Brandes
Civil Actions Against Insurers: Providing that, in third-party bad faith actions against insurers, insureds and claimants have the burden to prove that an insurer acted in reckless disregard for insured rights which resulted in damage to the insured or the claimant; providing that insured or claimant actions or inactions are relevant in bad faith actions; providing that an insurer is not liable if certain conditions are met; providing that an insurer is not liable beyond available policy limits as to certain competing third-party claims if it files an interpleader action within a certain timeframe, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Banking and Insurance on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
    • On agenda for: 02/11/20 2:00 PM
  • Judiciary
  • Rules

Related Bills

(No Related Bills On Record)

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 1/27/2020 4:06:51 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Banking and Insurance Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/20, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/06/2020 - 4:48 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/20, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 01/30/2020 - 4:08 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 01/23/2020 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 70 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 70 Time: 12/13/2019 - 11:34 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/14/2019 - 12:18 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
624.155 CS/CS/HB 359, CS/CS/CS/HB 895, SB 1334, CS/CS/SB 1606