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IL HB3804
Bill
Status
2/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Benton
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AI Summary
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Requires all insurance policies issued, amended, renewed, or delivered in Illinois to be written in language easily readable and understandable by a person of average intelligence and education
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Directs the Director of Insurance to evaluate policy readability based on specific factors including simplicity of sentence structure, shortness of sentences, and use of commonly understood words
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Requires insurers to minimize the use of legal terms and reduce references to other sections or provisions within the contract
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Mandates that definitional provisions be incorporated into the policy text rather than separated
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Authorizes the Director of Insurance to prescribe additional readability factors by rule
Legislative Description
INS CODE-POLICY READABILITY
Last Action
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/21/2025