Bill Text: MI HB6335 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 6335 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Insurance: automobile; policy insuring against injuries from accident; prohibit coverage for injuries from sexual relations in automobile. Amends sec. 3105 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3105) & adds sec. 3033.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-07-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/30/2022 [HB6335 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB6335-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL NO. 6335

June 30, 2022, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Slagh, Steven Johnson, Meerman, Borton, Markkanen and Carra and referred to the Committee on Rules and Competitiveness.

A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

"The insurance code of 1956,"

by amending section 3105 (MCL 500.3105) and by adding section 3033.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 3033. A provision in an automobile liability or motor vehicle liability policy issued or delivered in this state that provides coverage for injuries or damages arising out of or caused by an accident does not cover, and a court, an arbitrator, or any other person shall not construe the policy to cover, injuries or damages that arise from a sexually transmitted infection or pregnancy that occurs as a result of sexual relations in an automobile or motor vehicle.

Sec. 3105. (1) Under personal protection insurance, an insurer is liable to pay benefits for accidental bodily injury arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Personal protection insurance benefits are due under this chapter without regard to fault.

(3) Bodily injury includes death resulting therefrom from bodily injury and damage to or loss of a person's prosthetic devices in connection with the injury.

(4) Bodily injury is accidental as to a person claiming personal protection insurance benefits unless suffered intentionally by the injured person or caused intentionally by the claimant. Even though a person knows that bodily injury is substantially certain to be caused by his the person's act or omission, he the person does not cause or suffer injury intentionally if he the person acts or refrains from acting for the purpose of averting injury to property or to any person, including himself or herself.

(5) A sexually transmitted infection or pregnancy that occurs as a result of sexual relations in a motor vehicle is not an accidental bodily injury arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of the motor vehicle as a motor vehicle.