101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1598

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/143.24e new

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer may not use a person's ZIP code in underwriting or rating automobile insurance, including the determination of premium rates.


LRB101 09502 RAB 54600 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1598LRB101 09502 RAB 54600 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding
5Section 143.24e as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/143.24e new)
7    Sec. 143.24e. ZIP code discrimination prohibited.
8Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an insurer
9authorized to do business in this State may not use a person's
10ZIP code in underwriting or rating automobile insurance,
11including the determination of premium rates.