Colorado: Senate Bill to Study No-Fault Auto Insurance Postponed Indefinitely

A Colorado bill that would have established a task force to study, among other things, the “appropriateness of changing Colorado’s motor vehicle insurance requirements to a no-fault system” was postponed indefinitely Feb. 26 and is unlikely to move forward.

SB24-133, sponsored by Sen. Mark Baisley, would have created a task force to study reforming the regulation and enforcement of motor vehicle registration and insurance law, specifically:

• The appropriateness of changing Colorado’s motor vehicle insurance requirements to a no-fault system;
• The appropriateness and feasibility of changing motor vehicle insurance enforcement from primarily using a peace officer and court system to primarily using an administrative system or a mixed system of both;
• Methods and systems that would make better use of the motorist insurance database to enforce motor vehicle insurance requirements; and
• The appropriateness and feasibility of enforcing motor vehicle registration requirements primarily through an administrative system.

Focusing on the no-fault insurance aspect of the bill, NAMIC opposed the bill and submitted a letter in opposition to the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee.