North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S905: Foster Care Motor Vehicle Insurance.
Status: Introduced, May 6, 2026
What the bill says
An act directing the north carolina rate bureau to amend the existing named driver exclusion endorsement for persons receiving foster care, clarifying that a foster parent may terminate an endorsement providing motor vehicle liability coverage for a person receiving foster care if the owner no longer provides foster care, establishing a foster care automobile insurance financial assistance program, and appropriating funds for the financial assistance program.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT DIRECTING THE NORTH CAROLINA RATE BUREAU TO AMEND THE EXISTING NAMED DRIVER EXCLUSION ENDORSEMENT FOR PERSONS RECEIVING FOSTER CARE, CLARIFYING THAT A FOSTER PARENT MAY TERMINATE AN ENDORSEMENT PROVIDING MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY COVERAGE FOR A PERSON RECEIVING FOSTER CARE IF THE OWNER NO LONGER PROVIDES FOSTER CARE, ESTABLISHING A FOSTER CARE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 20-309(a2) reads as rewritten: "(a2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, an Chapter or Chapter 58 of the General Statutes: (1) An owner's policy of liability insurance issued to a foster parent or parents, which policy includes an endorsement excluding coverage for one or more foster children person receiving foster care, as defined in G.S. 131D-10.2, residing in the foster parent's or parents' household, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility, provided that each foster child person receiving foster care for whom coverage is excluded is insured in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum limits required by G.S. 20-279.21 under some other owner's policy of liability insurance or a named nonowner's policy of liability insurance. The North Carolina Rate Bureau shall establish, with the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance, a named driver exclusion …
Sponsors
- Sawyer, Vickie (R, 37) · primary sponsor
- Jones, Dana (R, 31) · primary sponsor
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: SOCIAL SERVICES COMN., COUNCIL OF STATE, BUDGETING, FAMILY ISSUES, DHHS, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, INSURANCE, MINORS
Common questions
- What is S905?
- S905 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Foster Care Motor Vehicle Insurance.
- What does S905 do?
- In its own words: An act directing the north carolina rate bureau to amend the existing named driver exclusion endorsement for persons receiving foster care, clarifying that a foster parent may terminate an endorsement providing motor vehicle liability coverage for a person receiving foster care if the owner no longer provides foster care, establishing a foster care automobile insurance financial assistance program, and appropriating funds for the financial assistance program.
- What is the status of S905?
- Introduced as of May 6, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored S905?
- Sawyer, Vickie (R, 37), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S905?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S905
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