House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
HB 1842 — Allowing public utility districts to form, own, or use captive insurers.
Signed into law — Chapter 53, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Steele
- Introduced
- February 5, 2025
- Status
- C 53 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 16, 2025)
What this bill does
Authorizes local government entity authorities to become a captive insurance company and public utility districts to form, own, or use captive insurance companies.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 11, 202596 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 5, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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