Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/13/2026 10:45 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
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Int 0685-2026 *Julie Menin Proposed Int. No. 685-BEstablishing an office of insurance affordability.IntroductionThis bill would establish an Office of Insurance Affordability. The office would provide information on types of consumer insurance and issue generalized guidance for consumers on selecting insurance plans; track legal actions alleging deceptive, fraudulent, or other unfair practices by insurance companies that harm consumers who purchase or seek to purchase insurance products and alert the public to relevant findings; conduct an annual study and issue reports on issues facing consumers of insurance; provide legislative and policy recommendations that would benefit consumers of insurance; and create a unit to assist consumers in resolving insurance-related issues, headed by an insurance affordability advocate.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0685-2026 *Julie Menin  Establishing an office of insurance affordability.IntroductionThis bill would establish an Office of Insurance Affordability. The office would provide information on types of consumer insurance and issue generalized guidance for consumers on selecting insurance plans; track legal actions alleging deceptive, fraudulent, or other unfair practices by insurance companies that harm consumers who purchase or seek to purchase insurance products and alert the public to relevant findings; conduct an annual study and issue reports on issues facing consumers of insurance; provide legislative and policy recommendations that would benefit consumers of insurance; and create a unit to assist consumers in resolving insurance-related issues, headed by an insurance affordability advocate.Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0685-2026 *Julie Menin  Establishing an office of insurance affordability.IntroductionThis bill would establish an Office of Insurance Affordability. The office would provide information on types of consumer insurance and issue generalized guidance for consumers on selecting insurance plans; track legal actions alleging deceptive, fraudulent, or other unfair practices by insurance companies that harm consumers who purchase or seek to purchase insurance products and alert the public to relevant findings; conduct an annual study and issue reports on issues facing consumers of insurance; provide legislative and policy recommendations that would benefit consumers of insurance; and create a unit to assist consumers in resolving insurance-related issues, headed by an insurance affordability advocate.Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0685-2026 BJulie Menin  Establishing an office of insurance affordability.IntroductionThis bill would establish an Office of Insurance Affordability. The office would provide information on types of consumer insurance and issue generalized guidance for consumers on selecting insurance plans; track legal actions alleging deceptive, fraudulent, or other unfair practices by insurance companies that harm consumers who purchase or seek to purchase insurance products and alert the public to relevant findings; conduct an annual study and issue reports on issues facing consumers of insurance; provide legislative and policy recommendations that would benefit consumers of insurance; and create a unit to assist consumers in resolving insurance-related issues, headed by an insurance affordability advocate.Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Res 0387-2026 *Gale A. Brewer  Mitigate the rising cost of property insurance for affordable housing. (A.07828A/S.07939, A.9015 and A.9016A)Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0387-2026 *Gale A. Brewer  Mitigate the rising cost of property insurance for affordable housing. (A.07828A/S.07939, A.9015 and A.9016A)Resolution Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Res 0389-2026 *Eric Dinowitz Proposed Res. No. 389-AAutomobile Insurance Consumer Information Act. (S.1196/A.3893)Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0389-2026 *Eric Dinowitz  Automobile Insurance Consumer Information Act. (S.1196/A.3893)Resolution Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Not available
Res 0389-2026 *Eric Dinowitz  Automobile Insurance Consumer Information Act. (S.1196/A.3893)Resolution Amended by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0389-2026 AEric Dinowitz  Automobile Insurance Consumer Information Act. (S.1196/A.3893)Resolution Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available
Res 0395-2026 *Frank Morano  Prohibiting increases in rates of homeowners’ insurance in excess of twenty-five percent per year. (S.6356/A.4188)Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0395-2026 *Frank Morano  Prohibiting increases in rates of homeowners’ insurance in excess of twenty-five percent per year. (S.6356/A.4188)Resolution Approved by CommitteePass Action details Not available