House Background Summary — HB 1704, Service Contracts and Protection Product Guarantees (2022)

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This is the House Background Summary of HB 1704, as passed by the House on February 14, 2022. Its title reads "An act relating to the regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees." The sponsors are Representatives Kirby, Vick, Ryu and Dufault. The Consumer Protection & Business committee acted on 1/12/22 and 1/13/22 [DP], and the bill passed the House 97-0 on 2/14/22. Testifying in support were Representative Steve Kirby, prime sponsor, Mel Sorensen of the Service Contract Industry Council and American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and Aaron Lunt of the Service Contract Industry Council, while Michael Walker of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner testified in opposition.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                           HB 1704
                                        As Passed House:
                                        February 14, 2022

Title: An act relating to the regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees.

Brief Description: Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees.

Sponsors: Representatives Kirby, Vick, Ryu and Dufault.

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Consumer Protection & Business: 1/12/22, 1/13/22 [DP].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/14/22, 97-0.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Barkis, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist, Berry, Boehnke,
Bronoske, Caldier, Callan, Chambers, Chandler, Chapman, Chase, Chopp, Cody, Corry, Davis,
Dent, Dolan, Donaghy, Duerr, Dufault, Dye, Entenman, Eslick, Fitzgibbon, Frame, Gilday,
Goehner, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Hansen, Harris, Harris-Talley, Hoff,
Jacobsen, Johnson, J., Kirby, Klicker, Klippert, Kloba, Kraft, Kretz, Leavitt, Lekanoff,
MacEwen, Macri, Maycumber, McCaslin, McEntire, Morgan, Mosbrucker, Orcutt, Ormsby,
Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Ramos, Riccelli, Robertson, Rude, Rule, Ryu,
Santos, Schmick, Sells, Senn, Shewmake, Simmons, Slatter, Springer, Steele, Stokesbary,
Stonier, Sullivan, Sutherland, Taylor, Thai, Tharinger, Valdez, Vick, Volz, Walen, Walsh,
Wicks, Wilcox, Wylie, Ybarra, Young and Jinkins

Voting Nay:

Absent:

Excused: Representative Fey

     Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Steve Kirby, prime sponsor; Mel
     Sorensen, Service Contract Industry Council and American Property Casualty Insurance
     Association; and Aaron Lunt, Service Contract Industry Council.




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(Opposed) Michael Walker, Office of the Insurance Commissioner.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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