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ConnecticutHB 064352025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT'S AUTOMOBILE PHYSICAL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARBITRATION PROCESS.
Sponsored By: Insurance and Real Estate Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To require that any insurance company involved in any automobile physical or property damage arbitration hearing reimburse the cost of such hearing if the arbitration award is in the claimant's favor, unless such claimant rejected such insurance company's prearbitration offer of compromise of equal or greater value than the arbitration award.
insurance and real estate
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Insurers repay costs after claimants win
Beginning October 1, 2025, insurers must repay Connecticut’s Insurance Department for hearing costs when claimants win auto damage arbitration. This covers disputes over vehicle damage and property damage liability claims. Repayment is not required if the claimant rejected the insurer’s prearbitration settlement offer worth at least the final award. The money goes to the department, not the claimant, and the law sets no repayment amount.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Insurance and Real Estate Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/20/2025
INS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 12 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/20/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 416
Yes: 36 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2025
House Roll Call Vote 322
Yes: 148 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
7/8/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/25/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/25/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-131
6/16/2025legislatureOn Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
6/4/2025legislatureSenate Passed
6/4/2025SenateSenate Calendar Number 614
6/3/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
6/3/2025SenateTransmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
6/3/2025legislatureHouse Passed
6/3/2025HouseFile Number 52
3/6/2025legislatureHouse Calendar Number 60
3/6/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
3/6/2025HouseReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/6/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/05/25 5:00 PM
2/28/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2/20/2025legislatureJoint Favorable Substitute
2/20/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 01/28
1/24/2025legislatureReferred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
1/23/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-131
6/3/2025
File No. 52
3/6/2025
INS Joint Favorable Substitute
2/20/2025
Raised Bill
1/23/2025
Bill Analysis For File Copy 52
Fiscal Note For File Copy 52
House Roll Call Vote 322
INS Joint Fav. Rpt
INS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Senate Roll Call Vote 416
Summary for Public Act No. 25-131
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