Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB290: Revising insurance laws regarding uninsured, underinsured motorists
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws pertaining to uninsured motor vehicle liability insurance to add underinsured motor vehicle liability insurance; requiring the insured to accept or reject underinsured motor vehicle liability insurance; and amending sections 33-23-201 and 69-12-343, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS PERTAINING TO UNINSURED MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE TO ADD UNDERINSURED MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE; REQUIRING THE INSURED TO ACCEPT OR REJECT UNDERINSURED MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 33-23-201 AND 69-12-343, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 33-23-201, MCA, is amended to read: "33-23-201. Motor vehicle liability policies to include uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage -- rejection by insured. (1) A motor vehicle liability policy insuring against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death suffered by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state, with respect to any motor vehicle registered and principally garaged in this state, unless coverage is provided in the policy or supplemental to the policy, in limits for bodily injury or death set forth in 61-6-103, under provisions filed with and approved by the commissioner, for the protection of persons insured under the policy who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured and underinsured motor vehicles because of bodily injury, sickness, or disease, including death, resulting from the injury, sickness, or disease, caused by an accident arising out of …
Sponsors
- Olsen, Andrea (D, 48) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Motor Vehicles, Insurance
Common questions
- What is SB290?
- SB290 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revising insurance laws regarding uninsured, underinsured motorists.
- What does SB290 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws pertaining to uninsured motor vehicle liability insurance to add underinsured motor vehicle liability insurance; requiring the insured to accept or reject underinsured motor vehicle liability insurance; and amending sections 33-23-201 and 69-12-343, mca.".
- What is the status of SB290?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB290?
- Olsen, Andrea (D, 48).
- Where is the official record for SB290?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0661
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