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Committee Hears Proposal to Create Standalone Insurance-Fraud Felony; Defenders Warn of Overlap with Existing Statute
Summary
Senate Bill 6,031 would create a standalone class B felony for insurance fraud and expand reporting and restitution provisions. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner supports the bill; criminal-defense groups urged a narrow amendment, arguing the felony language could overlap with existing RCW 48.32.030 gross-misdemeanor provisions.
The committee heard Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6,031, which would create a new standalone crime of insurance fraud punishable as a class B felony, expand the insurance fraud program administered by the insurance commissioner, set new reporting duties for certain financing agreements, and modify restitution provisions.
Peter Clodfelter (committee staff) summarized the companion-to-House bill and said the measure turns the definition of insurance fraud used in the insurance-fraud program into a standalone criminal offense and adds activities to the crime. The bill would also extend the statute of limitations for some…
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