S-0047.2
SENATE BILL 5107
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators Boehnke and Dozier
Prefiled 12/23/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees; amending RCW 48.62.031 ; adding a new section to chapter 4.92 RCW; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 4.92 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Each local government shall provide underinsured coverage for motor vehicles owned by the local government and operated or occupied by an officer, employee, or agent of the local government in the course of their employment. The underinsured coverage must provide for the protection of an officer, employee, or agent of the local government who is legally entitled to recover damages from an owner or operator of an underinsured motor vehicle, hit-and-run motor vehicle, or phantom vehicle because of bodily injury, death, or personal property damage suffered by the officer, employee, or agent and resulting from an accident while the officer, employee, or agent was operating or was an occupant in a government-owned motor vehicle in the course of their employment. The underinsured coverage required by this section does not apply to third-party occupants of government-owned vehicles.