SENATE BILL No. 580

 

 

June 14, 2005, Introduced by Senators McMANUS, CROPSEY, KUIPERS, BARCIA, GOSCHKA, JELINEK, GARCIA and HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 2117a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2117a. A home insurance policy shall not exclude from

 

coverage any claim resulting from an act committed by an insured in

 

self-defense. Self-defense shall be an exception to any intentional

 

acts exclusion in a home insurance policy and an injury resulting

 

from an act committed by an insured in self-defense shall not be

 

considered an expected or intended act.