FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 2830

C 49 L 04

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Authorizing a fee for the review of driving records.

Sponsors: By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Jarrett, Hatfield, Mielke, Wallace and Nixon).

House Committee on Transportation

Senate Committee on Highways & Transportation

Background:

The Department of Licensing (DOL) may provide certified abstracts of driving records covering three years or less to a driver's prospective or current insurance company upon request. The fee for each abstract is $5. The insurance company or its agent may use the driving record exclusively for its own motor vehicle or life insurance underwriting purposes and may not divulge any of the information to a third party.

Summary:

The Director of the DOL is authorized to enter into a contractual agreement with an insurance company or its agent for the purpose of identifying driving records of existing policy holders that have changed during a specified period of time. The fee for this service must be set at a level that will not result in a net loss to the state.

Votes on Final Passage:

House 98  0

Senate 47  0

Effective: June 10, 2004