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NY A 3889

in committee

Requires a liability insurer that has an opportunity to settle a claim at or within the policy limits, and refuses to do so, to be liable for any verdict in excess of the insurance policy limits

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 3889 pass?

Not yet. NY A 3889 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INSURANCE

What is NY A 3889 about?

Requires a liability insurer that has an opportunity to settle a claim at or within the policy limits, and refuses to do so, to be liable for any verdict in excess of the insurance policy limits; prohibits the insurer from recovering such excess judgment from the insured.

Who sponsors NY A 3889?

Demond Meeks is the primary sponsor of NY A 3889, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Requires a liability insurer that has an opportunity to settle a claim at or within the policy limits, and refuses to do so, to be liable for any verdict in excess of the insurance policy limits; prohibits the insurer from recovering such excess judgment from the insured.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Demond Meeksprimary
  • Harry B. Bronsoncosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7523not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2095not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A3889?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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