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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 3272

Requires insurer that provides coverage for full replacement costs of damaged or destroyed property to allow insured not less than 12 months within which to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property or, if damage or loss to property occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency, not less than 24 months.

Became law as Chapter 262, Oregon Laws 2021, signed June 11, 2021, 108 days after it was filed. In force from June 11, 2021.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires insurer that provides coverage for full replacement costs of damaged or destroyed property to allow insured not less than 12 months within which to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property or, if damage or loss to property occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency<b> and damage or loss is directly related to emergency</b>, not less than 24 months. Requires insurer to provide insured with additional living expenses for period of 24 months after date of damage to or loss of insured's primary dwelling if damage or loss occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency<b> and damage or loss is directly related to emergency</b>. Requires insurer to add time to allowable period for repairing, rebuilding or replacing damaged or lost property and for providing additional living expenses in increments of six months for total period of not more than 24 months for repairing, rebuilding or replacing damaged or lost property, or not more than 36 months if property was located in location that was subject to declaration of state of emergency, and not more than 36 months of additional living expenses. <i>Requires policy of property insurance or casualty insurance that covers insured's dwelling to permit insured to combine payments up to policy limits for claims of damage to or loss of insured's primary dwelling and other structures and for any covered expenses necessary to rebuild or replace damaged or lost dwelling or other structure if policy limits are insufficient.</i>] <b>Provides that policy of homeowner insurance must require insurer to combine coverage limits that apply to claims for loss of insured's primary dwelling and claims for loss of other covered structures if loss occurs in location that was subject to declaration of emergency, loss is directly related to emergency and coverage limit that applies to insured's primary dwelling is insufficient to pay for rebuilding or replacing primary dwelling. Caps amount that insurer must pay under combined coverage limits.</b> Requires insurer to provide insured with opportunity to obtain estimate of cost to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property every other year at time insurer offers to renew insurance policy if insured provides information necessary for estimate. Prohibits policy of property insurance or casualty insurance from limiting or denying payment of replacement cost or building code upgrade cost for damaged or lost property on basis that insured has decided to rebuild or purchase existing structure in new location. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

February 23 to September 25, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action23 actions on 21 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 23 to Apr 2662 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 23 to Mar 27 days

Business and LaborMar 2 to Apr 1544 days

In the SenateApr 26 to May 2832 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 26 to Apr 293 days

Labor and BusinessApr 29 to May 2627 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMay 28 to Jun 47 days

With the GovernorJun 4 to Jun 117 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading56–0

    Passed · Apr 26 · 4 present

  • Senate, third reading21–1

    Passed · May 28 · 8 present

  • House of Representatives, concurrence58–0

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 2 · 2 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 15

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 26

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 23 – Apr 26

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Business and Labor
  3. Heard in Business and Labor
  4. Heard in Business and Labor
  5. Heard in Business and Labor
  6. Business and Labor recommended it as amended
  7. Read a second time
  8. Passed the House of Representatives, 56 to 0

In the Senate Apr 28 – May 28

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Labor and Business
  3. Heard in Labor and Business
  4. Heard in Labor and Business
  5. Labor and Business recommended it as amended
  6. Read a second time
  7. Passed the Senate, 21 to 1

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 2 – Jun 4

  1. The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments and passed it again, 58 to 0
  2. Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Jun 7 – Sep 25

  1. Signed in the Senate
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Became chapter 262 of Oregon Laws 2021, in force from June 11, 2021
All 23 actions, as published