Three bills have been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature which would amend the legal definition of a motor vehicle service contract to include any contract that provides for “the repair of small motor vehicle windshield chips or cracks which may include the replacement of the windshield for chips or cracks
A Wyoming bill, HB 232, that proposed to alter the insurance code definition of a “service contract” to include windshield replacement failed during the 2021 Legislative Session. In Wyoming an automotive service contract includes the repair of windshield chips or cracks but the law expressly excludes windshield replacement from the repair contract.
A bill has been introduced in Pennsylvania that would explicitly add windshield repair and replacement in the definition of a “Service Contract”. Under Section 358 of Pennsylvania Insurance Law, such service contracts are excluded from state insurance regulation. The bill, S 539, proposes that any contract provision that includes “repair of chips