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Insurance Committee gives House Bill 27 a favorable report
Summary
House Bill 27, sponsored by Representative Chip Brown, received a favorable committee report after the committee voted by voice to advance the measure, which the sponsor said would let catastrophic savings accounts cover fortified roofs as well as deductibles.
The Insurance Committee gave House Bill 27 a favorable report after a brief presentation and a voice vote.
Representative Chip Brown, the bill sponsor, told the committee, “This is House Bill 27. We had this last year. Voted it out. passed the House 103 to nothing and just didn't get on the Senate floor. What this does, it deals with catastrophic savings accounts. Right now, you can only use that for deductibles and this you can use it for fortified roofs in this.” Brown said HB27 would expand allowable uses of catastrophic savings accounts to include fortified roofs.
The sponsor’s presentation drew a motion from Representative Campbell to give the bill a favorable report; Representative Sers seconded the motion. The clerk conducted a voice vote and the chair announced, “The bill is given a favor report,” after members indicated their approval. The committee did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript.
The chair earlier told members that amendments should be submitted promptly (substitutes to staff by Friday) and reminded members that all motions require a second. The committee had two bills on its agenda; the chair said HB40 (by Representative Gray) would be carried over for further discussion and not presented or voted on at this meeting.
The bill sponsor’s summary to the committee referenced prior consideration of the measure in the previous legislative cycle; the transcript records the sponsor saying the bill “passed the House 103 to nothing” last year but did not reach the Senate floor. The committee provided no additional floor amendment or fiscal details in this session’s record.
HB27’s immediate procedural outcome is a favorable committee report. The transcript does not specify next steps, committee amendments, a recorded numerical vote tally, or a calendar date for the bill’s next action.
