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ID S1151

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates new Chapter 45 (Idaho Travel Insurance Act) establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for travel insurance sold to Idaho residents, covering individual, group, and blanket policies

  • Requires travel protection plans that bundle travel insurance with travel assistance services or cancellation fee waivers to clearly disclose each component and its pricing to consumers before purchase

  • Prohibits "negative option" or "opt out" sales practices that require consumers to take action to deselect coverage, and bans marketing blanket travel insurance as "free"

  • Establishes that travel administrators must hold either a property and casualty insurance producer license or a managing general agent license, with insurers responsible for their administrators' actions

  • Repeals sections 41-1093 through 41-1097 of existing code and takes effect July 1, 2025 under an emergency declaration

Legislative Description

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish the Idaho Travel Insurance Act.

INSURANCE

Last Action

Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources

3/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Human Resources3/4/2025
Judiciary and Rules3/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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