The proposed bill, General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6413, mandates that the state provide uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for employees of the Department of Transportation. This coverage, which must be included in the State Fleet Insurance Policy, will have a minimum limit of one million dollars for bodily injury or death. The coverage is intended to protect employees who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured or underinsured vehicles while they are outside of a motor vehicle in the course of their employment.

The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2025, and requires the implementation of this new coverage by July 1, 2026. The legal language inserted into current law specifies the new requirement for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, while no deletions from existing law are noted in the text provided.