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2007 Senate Bill 5726: Creating the insurance fair conduct act.

Amendment offered by Sen. Dale Brandland, (R-Bellingham) (R) on March 13, 2007

To make the award of attorneys' fees discretionary instead of mandatory. Neither treble damages nor attorneys' fees are available for violations of the applicable WACs that are not unreasonable denials of coverage. A court may award only "reasonable" actual litigation costs to prevailing plaintiffs.

The amendment failed 21 to 26 in the Senate on March 13, 2007.
See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".

View the rest of Senate Bill 5726: History, Amendments & Comments

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

SENATE REPUBLICANS

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Kohl-Welles (D)

Rockefeller (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS
none

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

SENATE LEGISLATORS ORDERED BY NAME

Y Benton (R-17)

Y Berkey (D-38)

Y Brandland (R-42)

Y Carrell (R-28)

Y Clements (R-14)

n Fairley (D-32)

n Franklin (D-29)

n Fraser (D-22)

n Hargrove (D-24)

n Hatfield (D-19)

Y Haugen (D-10)

Y Hewitt (R-16)

Y Holmquist (R-13)

Y Honeyford (R-15)

n Jacobsen (D-46)

n Kastama (D-25)

n Kauffman (D-47)

n Keiser (D-33)

Y Kilmer (D-26)

n Kohl-Welles (D-36)

n McAuliffe (D-1)

- McCaslin (R-4)

n Murray (D-43)

Y Parlette (R-12)

n Poulsen (D-34)

n Prentice (D-11)

n Pridemore (D-49)

Y Rasmussen (D-2)

n Regala (D-27)

n Rockefeller (D-23)

Y Schoesler (R-9)

Y Sheldon (D-35)

n Spanel (D-40)

- Stevens (R-39)

Y Swecker (R-20)

n Weinstein (D-41)

Y Zarelli (R-18)

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