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NAMIC 2008 SURVEY OF NEW STATE INSURANCE LAW ENACTMENTS

This edition of the NAMIC Annual Survey of New State Insurance Law Enactments reports on 781 property/casualty related laws that were enacted in 45 states and the District of Columbia during 2008. This compares with 1,270 similar laws passed in 2007. The states of Arkansas, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas did not hold legislative sessions in 2007.

The following lists the states and the number of property/casualty related laws enacted in each state.

Alabama (9), Alaska (10), Arizona (20), California (24), Colorado (24), Connecticut (16), Delaware (12), District of Columbia (3), Florida (15), Georgia (12), Hawaii (9), Idaho (21), Illinois (15), Indiana (8), Iowa (13), Kansas (15), Kentucky (10), Louisiana (62), Maine (11), Maryland (39), Massachusetts (5), Michigan (33), Minnesota (17), Mississippi (14), Missouri (11), Nebraska (8), New Hampshire (28), New Jersey (10), New Mexico (6), New York (20), North Carolina (10), Ohio (6), Oklahoma (14), Oregon (8), Pennsylvania (9), Rhode Island (11), South Carolina (12), South Dakota (22), Tennessee (27), Utah (48), Vermont (5), Virginia (44), Washington (24), West Virginia (23), Wisconsin (16), and Wyoming (2).

Auto-related legislation continued to be the largest percentage of bills enacted, with bills dealing with low-speed vehicles being passed in several states.

Direct questions about this annual survey to David Reddick, director of public policy research, at dreddick@namic.org.

2008 State Laws Bulletins

• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - ALABAMA
  (Date Posted: 7/1/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - GEORGIA
  (Date Posted: 7/1/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - IDAHO
  (Date Posted: 5/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - INDIANA
  (Date Posted: 4/8/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - IOWA
  (Date Posted: 6/4/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - MAINE
  (Date Posted: 7/1/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - MINNESOTA
  (Date Posted: 7/1/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - NEBRASKA
  (Date Posted: 7/1/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - NEW MEXICO
  (Date Posted: 5/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - SOUTH DAKOTA
  (Date Posted: 5/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - VIRGINIA
  (Date Posted: 5/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - WASHINGTON
  (Date Posted: 5/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS - WEST VIRGINIA
  (Date Posted: 5/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – ALASKA
  (Date Posted: 7/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – ARIZONA
  (Date Posted: 7/15/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – CALIFORNIA
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – COLORADO
  (Date Posted: 7/15/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – CONNECTICUT
  (Date Posted: 6/4/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – DELAWARE
  (Date Posted: 10/31/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – FLORIDA
  (Date Posted: 7/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – HAWAII
  (Date Posted: 9/10/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – ILLINOIS
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – KANSAS
  (Date Posted: 7/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – KENTUCKY
  (Date Posted: 6/4/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – LOUISIANA
  (Date Posted: 7/15/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – MARYLAND
  (Date Posted: 6/4/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – MASSACHUSETTS
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – MICHIGAN
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – MISSISSIPPI
  (Date Posted: 6/4/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – MISSOURI
  (Date Posted: 7/15/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – NEW HAMPSHIRE
  (Date Posted: 7/17/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – NEW JERSEY
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – NEW YORK
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – NORTH CAROLINA
  (Date Posted: 10/31/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – OHIO
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – OKLAHOMA
  (Date Posted: 7/15/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – OREGON
  (Date Posted: 10/31/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – PENNSYLVANIA
  (Date Posted: 4/1/2009)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – RHODE ISLAND
  (Date Posted: 10/31/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – SOUTH CAROLINA
  (Date Posted: 10/31/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – TENNESSEE
  (Date Posted: 7/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – UTAH
  (Date Posted: 4/8/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – VERMONT
  (Date Posted: 7/28/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – WISCONSIN
  (Date Posted: 10/31/2008)
• 2008 SUMMARY OF NEW STATE LAWS – WYOMING
  (Date Posted: 4/8/2008)