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H1271 • 2025

An Act relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs

An Act relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs

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Sponsor
James M. Murphy
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs

An Act relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs By Representative Murphy of Weymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs By Representative Murphy of Weymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1271) of [PETITIONERS LIST] relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs.
  • Financial Services.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-09-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Financial Services

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs
By Representative Murphy of Weymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1271) of [PETITIONERS LIST] relative to home owners insurance and funding repairs. Financial Services.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1271

Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4C the following section:-

Section 4C½. No insurer licensed to write and engaged in the writing of homeowners insurance in this commonwealth nor the joint underwriting association, set forth in chapter 175C, shall include in its homeowner insurance policies a provision requiring an insured to complete a repair prior to the release of funds estimated by the insurer for the cost of repair.

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