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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1375 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 9-25-7-3.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Financial responsibility. Requires an insurance carrier to |
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| 8 | 8 | | notify the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) when a motor vehicle |
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| 9 | 9 | | liability insurance policy issued by the insurance carrier becomes |
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| 10 | 10 | | inactive. Requires an insurance carrier to notify the bureau when a |
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| 11 | 11 | | motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by the insurance carrier |
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| 12 | 12 | | is reinstated after becoming inactive. Provides that if an individual |
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| 13 | 13 | | switches insurance carriers, the insurance carrier that issues the new |
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| 14 | 14 | | motor vehicle liability insurance policy must notify the bureau of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | change in motor vehicle liability insurance policies. Requires the |
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| 16 | 16 | | bureau to report certain information to the Indiana data and |
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| 17 | 17 | | communication system. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Boy |
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| 20 | 20 | | January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2025 IN 1375—LS 6369/DI 154 Introduced |
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| 22 | 22 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 23 | 23 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 24 | 24 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 25 | 25 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 27 | 27 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 28 | 28 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 29 | 29 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 31 | 31 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 32 | 32 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1375 |
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| 33 | 33 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 34 | 34 | | motor vehicles. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 9-25-7-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 38 | 38 | | 3 1, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "inactive" means the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4 expiration, cancellation, or lapse of a motor vehicle liability |
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| 40 | 40 | | 5 insurance policy. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 6 (b) An insurance carrier shall notify the bureau that a motor |
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| 42 | 42 | | 7 vehicle liability insurance policy issued by the insurance carrier is |
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| 43 | 43 | | 8 inactive. The notice required by this subsection shall be sent not |
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| 44 | 44 | | 9 later than the end of the next business day after a motor vehicle |
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| 45 | 45 | | 10 liability insurance policy becomes inactive. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 11 (c) If a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by an |
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| 47 | 47 | | 12 insurance carrier is reinstated after becoming inactive, the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 13 insurance carrier shall notify the bureau that the motor vehicle |
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| 49 | 49 | | 14 liability insurance policy has been reinstated. The notice required |
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| 50 | 50 | | 15 by this subsection shall be sent not later than the end of the next |
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| 51 | 51 | | 16 business day after a motor vehicle liability insurance policy is |
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| 52 | 52 | | 17 reinstated. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2025 IN 1375—LS 6369/DI 154 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1 (d) If a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by an |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2 insurance carrier becomes inactive as a result of an individual |
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| 56 | 56 | | 3 obtaining a motor vehicle liability insurance policy from a different |
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| 57 | 57 | | 4 insurance carrier, the insurance carrier that issues the new motor |
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| 58 | 58 | | 5 vehicle liability insurance policy shall notify the bureau of the |
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| 59 | 59 | | 6 change in motor vehicle liability insurance policies not later than |
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| 60 | 60 | | 7 the end of the next business day after the new motor vehicle |
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| 61 | 61 | | 8 liability insurance policy is issued. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 9 (e) The bureau shall report any information that it receives |
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| 63 | 63 | | 10 under subsections (b) through (d) to the Indiana data and |
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| 64 | 64 | | 11 communication system not later than the end of the next business |
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| 65 | 65 | | 12 day after the bureau receives the information. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 13 (f) The notice provided under subsection (b) does not satisfy an |
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| 67 | 67 | | 14 insurance carrier's duty to provide notice of a policy's cancellation |
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| 68 | 68 | | 15 or expiration under IC 9-25-5-9. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 2025 IN 1375—LS 6369/DI 154 |
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