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A01450 Summary:

A01450 Actions:

A01450 Committee Votes:

Committee:INSURANCE   Chair:Weprin      
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:17/7  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Weprin
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Cook
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Steck
Aye
Gandolfo
Nay
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Hunter
Aye
Blumencranz
Nay
Jacobson
Aye
Bendett
Nay
Meeks
Aye
Forrest
Excused
Anderson
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Bores
Aye
Lunsford
Aye
Berger
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Kay
Aye
Yeger
Aye
Wieder
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:14/6  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Nay
Cook
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Weprin
Aye
Tannousis
Nay
Hevesi
Aye
Angelino
Nay
Seawright
Aye
Molitor
Nay
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Bores
Aye
Reyes
Absent
Cunningham
Aye
Romero
Aye
Alvarez
Excused

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:05/21/2025AYE/NAY:20/9  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Glick
Aye
Ra
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Paulin
Excused
Smith
Nay
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A01450 Floor Votes:

A01450 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1450
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, WEPRIN, EPSTEIN, TAPIA -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the insurance law, in relation to restricting insurers
          from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information  from
          insureds as a standard practice in processing ordinary theft claims

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  2619
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2619.  Intrusive  requests for personal, financial and tax informa-
     4  tion; ordinary theft claims. (a) It shall be an unfair claim  settlement
     5  act  or  practice  under  paragraphs three and four of subsection (a) of
     6  section two thousand six hundred one of this article for an insurer,  in
     7  the  course of investigating or settling a theft claim, to demand of its
     8  insured personal, financial and tax information unless special articula-
     9  ble circumstances have been discovered  which  directly  relate  to  the
    10  particular  individual  facts of such theft and which warrant the making
    11  of such demand for the specific purpose of determining if such claim  is
    12  fraudulent.
    13    (b)  As used in this section, a demand for personal, financial and tax
    14  information is a demand that any of the following material  or  informa-
    15  tion be provided:
    16    (1) copies of the insured's personal and business tax returns;
    17    (2)  permits  or  licenses  which  the insured holds in New York state
    18  other than those for operating a motor vehicle;
    19    (3) loan applications which the insured filed;
    20    (4) statement setting forth the county and state in which the  insured
    21  has been registered to vote over a period of time, other than from their
    22  present residence;
    23    (5)  copies  of  any bank statements of banks in which the insured has
    24  accounts;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03192-01-5
        A. 1450                             2
 
     1    (6) copies of any "doing business as" certificates or certificates  of
     2  incorporation for any business the insured owns; or
     3    (7)  information  or material of a similar personal, financial, tax or
     4  private nature which the superintendent by regulation finds to be intru-
     5  sive or which constitutes an unwarranted  invasion  of  privacy  in  the
     6  context of a standard or ordinary theft claim.
     7    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
     9  ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
    10  necessary for the implementation of the foregoing section of this act on
    11  its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
    12  such effective date.