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Senate Bill 215

Coverage for Certain Insurance Risks [view on nmlegis.gov]

Financial Analysis: FIR


Sponsor
Sen. Leo Jaramillo 5 Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & Santa Fe

Status
STBTCPassed, Feb 20, with Do Pass recommendation
SJC[Referred, not scheduled]


"Official" History

This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.

Actions: [2] STBTC/SJC-STBTC [8] DP-SJC

Legis DayActionDetails
2 referred STBTC/SJC
2 sent STBTC
8 passed STBTC (view committee report) DP 7-0
8 sent SJC


This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.

Jan 30 filed: [Prefiled by Leo Jaramillo; not yet on nmlegis]
[new]
sent to STBTC
title: '[prefiled by Leo Jaramillo; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Coverage for Certain Insurance Risks'
actions: 'SPREF' -> '[2] STBTC/SJC-STBTC'
new sponsor: Leo Jaramillo
Feb 19 scheduled for STBTC on Thu Feb 20, 13:30
Feb 21 passed STBTC; sent to SJC
actions: '[2] STBTC/SJC-STBTC' -> '[2] STBTC/SJC-STBTC [8] DP-SJC'

SENATE BILL 215

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Leo Jaramillo

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO INSURANCE; CLARIFYING COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN EXCLUDED RISKS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 59A-18-17 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, Chapter 127, Section 346, as amended) is amended to read:

     "59A-18-17. STANDARD PROVISIONS, IN GENERAL.--

          A. Insurance contracts shall contain such standard or uniform provisions as are required by applicable provisions of the Insurance Code pertaining to contracts of particular kinds of insurance.

          B. No policy shall contain a provision inconsistent with or contradictory to a standard or uniform provision used or required to be used, but the superintendent may approve a substitute provision that is, in the superintendent's opinion, not less favorable in any particular to the insured, owner or beneficiary than the provision otherwise required or that is designed to comply with Chapter 59A, Article 19 NMSA 1978.

          C. Insurance coverage provided in residential property insurance policies shall provide coverage for the cost to repair or replace without deduction for depreciation. If the insured elects to effectuate repairs to the property by the insured's own self, a reasonable overhead expense shall be allowed.

          D. In lieu of the provisions required by the Insurance Code for contracts for particular kinds of insurance, substantially similar provisions required by the laws of the domicile of a foreign or alien insurer may be used when approved by the superintendent.

          E. A policy issued by a domestic insurer for delivery in another jurisdiction may contain any provision required or permitted under the laws of such jurisdiction.

          F. To protect consumers as well as enhance the value of consumer information systems, the superintendent may specify minimum coverage provisions that homeowners insurance policies, private passenger non-fleet automobile insurance policies or other lines or kinds of insurance policies that are priced in a consumer information system shall contain, provided that such minimum coverage provisions are contained in the majority of policies in force in New Mexico for that line or kind of insurance. An insurer that does not offer a policy that contains the minimum coverage provisions specified by the superintendent for a line or kind of insurance shall not be included in a consumer information system for that line or kind of insurance. The superintendent shall not compel an insurer to offer a policy containing minimum coverage provisions specified by the superintendent.

          G. When a loss is caused by a combination of a covered and specifically excluded risk, an insurance contract shall provide that the loss is covered if the covered risk was the efficient proximate cause of the loss, but the loss is not covered if the covered risk was only a remote cause of the loss."

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