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HB0067 • 2005

Life insurance-military exclusion.

AN ACT relating to insurance; prohibiting exclusions from coverage for military actions and military service in individual life insurance policies as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Simpson
Last action
2005-02-18
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
2/18/2005

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0067HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H07

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Bill History

  1. 2005-02-18 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 52

  2. 2005-02-18 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0021

  3. 2005-02-15 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0021

  4. 2005-02-15 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0021

  5. 2005-02-14 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0021

  6. 2005-02-14 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2005-02-11 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2005-02-10 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2005-02-08 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2005-02-08 Senate

    S07 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2005-01-28 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07

  12. 2005-01-25 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2005-01-21 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2005-01-20 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2005-01-19 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2005-01-19 House

    Amendment Adopted

  17. 2005-01-19 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  18. 2005-01-19 Wyoming Legislature

    Amendment Adopted

  19. 2005-01-19 Wyoming Legislature

    Amendment Adopted

  20. 2005-01-18 House

    H Placed on General File

  21. 2005-01-18 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  22. 2005-01-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  23. 2005-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  24. 2004-12-23 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for HB0067

Bill
No.:
HB0067
Drafter:

DKG

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0407
Effective Date:

2/18/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
HEA0021

Chapter
No.:
52

Prime
Sponsor:
Representative Simpson

Catch
Title:
Life insurance-military exclusion.

Subject:
Allowable
exclusions from life insurance coverage for military service.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Current law allows life insurance policies to exclude coverage for deaths
resulting from any cause while serving in the military, if the country is
engaged in military action.

This bill allows the exclusion only if the death results from an act of
war or hazard of war.

The act applies to policies issued, renewed or delivered for issuance
after its effective date.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0067

ENROLLED ACT NO. 21, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to insurance; prohibiting exclusions from coverage for military actions and military service in individual life insurance policies as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 26-16-119(a)(ii)(A) and (C) is amended to read:

26-16-119.

Provisions limiting liability in life insurance policies prohibited; exceptions.

(a)

No life insurance policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state if it contains any provision:

(ii)

Which excludes or restricts liability for death caused in a certain specified manner or occurring while the insured has a specified status, except that a policy may contain provisions excluding or restricting coverage as specified therein in case of death under any of the following circumstances:

(A)

Death as a result, directly or indirectly, of war, declared or undeclared,
or of action by military forces,
or of any act or hazard of a war or action
;
, or of service in the military, naval or air forces or in civilian forces auxiliary thereto, or from any cause while a member of the military, naval or air forces of any country at war, declared or undeclared, or of any country engaged in military action;

(C)

Death as a result of a specified hazardous occupation
. Service in the military, naval or air forces or in civilian forces auxiliary thereto shall not be a specified hazardous occupation under this subparagraph
;

Section 2.
This act applies to insurance policies issued, renewed, delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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