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2015 Bill(s)
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HB 31
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Property, Casuality & Life Insurance
Description:
Give an insurance company the right to intervene in a lawsuit against someone insured by the company. Also establish provisions by which an insurance company can refuse to defend a customer, but still be obligated to provide coverage
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SCS HCS HB 50
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description:
Expand Insurance Department power over insurance holding companies. Expand reporting requirements.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HCS HB 70
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
S Small Business
Description:
Various changes in the law on how a life insurance company calculates its reserves. Expand state authority to review reserves.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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HB 91
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Banking
Description:
Impose restrictions on pay-day loans. Raise the maximum amount that can be loaned, but restrict the number of times it can be renewed. Impose notification requirements on lenders. Gov. Nixon vetoed a similar bill, SB 694, in 2014.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SCS HB 100
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
S 3rd Read
Description:
Exempt pesticide applicators seeking license renewal from providing the state with proof of financial responsibility after the initial license is granted. But retain a legal requirement they be bonded.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HCS HB 121
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
Description:
Require a state license to sell supplies or facilities for home-brewed beer.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 145
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Property, Casuality & Life Insurance
Description:
Make parties involved in construction work liable for their own negligence and prohibit transferring responsibility, with exemptions.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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HB 161
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Public Safety
Description:
Extend to adults a current ban on minors under the age of 22 texting while driving. Also assess driving license points for violation. Assigned to committee on April 14.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HCS HB 165
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Perfection
Description:
Prohibit state government from prohibiting advertising price discounts for alcohol.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 366
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Health Insurance
Description:
Include health insurance under a law that restricts paying extraordinary dividends to shareholders.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 391
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description:
Change a current requirement that some auto insurance notices be delivered by certified mail. Allow any mail tracking system approved by the U.S. Postal Service.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 480
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Health Insurance
Description:
Prohibit any mandated health insurance plan from providing coverage already provided by certain special-coverage plans defined as excepted benefits such as accident insurance, supplemental plans, Workers Compensation, auto insurance, etc. Assigned to committee on April 14.
See:
Official legislative description and status
SCS HB 529
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
S 3rd Read
Description:
Require insurance companies to submit reports on their "own risk and solvency" assessment. Exclude the reports from public access. In 2014, HB 1183, legislative staff reported the bill would let insurers develop their own model of current and future financial risk and allow regulators to determine how insurers will react to financial stress.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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HB 564
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Banking
Description:
Establish requirements and consumer protections in a contract with a laywer in a consumer lawsuit in which some of the potential awards are assigned to the attorney.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HCS HB 592
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
S 3rd Read
Description:
Increase the percentage of capital and other assets of an insurance company that can be invested in foreign companies or governments.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 609
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
S Small Business
Description:
Establish separate provisions for handling settlements and claims involving large deductible policies under the Workers' Compensation program that assures medical coverage for workers injured on the job.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SCS HCS HB 709
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description:
Let the Insurance Department issue advisory bulletins on regulatory topics.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 719
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Property, Casuality & Life Insurance
Description:
Restrict evidence that can be introduced in a law suit against an insurance company. Impose restrictions on evidence of any settlement offer.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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HCS HB 781
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H 3rd Read
Description:
Impose requirements and require a permit from the state for companies like Uber that compete with taxi cabs. Require they have insurance.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1022
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
VETO OVERRIDDEN
Description:
Let an insurance policy provide a refund for a person who has not had a claim within a defined period of time. Declare that such refunds will not be considered an unfair trade practice. Nixon's veto letter cited a provision in the bill that would give an insurance company the right to not disclose to a policy holder the provisions for refunds.
See:
House roll call - HB 1022 (04/09/2015)
: 3rd reading of a bill to allow refunds to an insurance policy holder who does not make a claim.
Senate roll call - HB 1022 (05/05/2015)
: 3rd reading of a bill to allow refunds to an insurance policy holder who does not make a claim.
House roll call - HB 1022 (09/16/2015)
: Passage of a motion to override the governor's veto of a bill to allow an insurance policy to provide refunds for absence of claims.
Senate roll call - HB 1022 (09/16/2015)
: Passage of the motion to override the governor's veto of a bill to allow an insurance policy to provide refunds for absence of claims.
Get the veto letter
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1162
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Select Com. on Insurance
Description:
Clarify a sectional reference in a law dealing with limits on insurance companies owning real estate.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1270
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Property, Casuality & Life Insurance
Description:
Impose additional disclosure requirements on persons filing lawsuits involving asbestos exposure. Not assigned to a committee until March 31.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1271
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Banking
Description:
Require a landlord with more than 19 rental units to put security deposits into an escrow account. Not assigned to a committee until March 31.
See:
Official legislative description and status
HB 1306
Sponsor:
Gosen, Don
Status:
H Ways & Means
Description:
Exempt from the sales tax the sale of an aircraft to a person or company located in another state.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.