SENATE DOCKET, NO. 976        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 595

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anne M. Gobi

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act concerning the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines pertaining to dogs harbored upon the insured property.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/28/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/28/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/28/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/28/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/28/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/28/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/28/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/28/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/28/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/28/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/28/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/29/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/31/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/31/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/1/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/1/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

2/1/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

2/1/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/4/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/4/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/6/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/13/2019

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

2/14/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 976        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 595

By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 595) of Anne M. Gobi, David Paul Linsky, Diana DiZoglio, Maria Duaime Robinson and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines for homeowners with dogs living on such insured property.  Financial Services.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 533 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act concerning the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines pertaining to dogs harbored upon the insured property.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 227 the following section:-

Section 228. No insurance company offering homeowners insurance coverage or renters insurance coverage in Massachusetts issuing a policy or contract insuring against liability for injury to any person or injury to or destruction of property arising out of ownership or lease of residential property shall refuse to issue or renew, cancel or charge or impose an increased premium or rate of such a policy or contract based in whole or in part, upon the harboring of any specific breed or breeds of dog upon such real property.

If any such dog has been designated as a dangerous dog pursuant to current statutes, the provisions in this section shall in no manner prohibit an insurer from refusing to issue or renew or from canceling any such contact or policy, nor from imposing an increased premium or rate for such a policy or contract.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after enactment.