The Automation and Technology Committee of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) designed the first Information Technology Survey in 2007 with the objective of examining technology trends by NASBP members. In this fifth edition, the 2016 Automation Survey compares results and discovers trends among our respondents
2016 NASBP IT Survey Results.pdf
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It is unclear, however, whether bonding provisions apply says Lawrence LeClair, NASBP Director of Government Relations. The bill will likely come up for reauthorization during the spring, he says. In the meantime, NASBP is paving the way by meeting with members of the U.S
on Monday, May 16 at 10:30 am, at the 2016 NASBP Annual Meeting & Expo in Colorado Springs, CO
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Throughout the active state legislative season, NASBP tracks legislation at the state level impacting the surety industry. Below are several resources to assist members with state legislative activities. 2016 State Legislatures Schedules State Governor Senate House Projected Session Dates Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 8-D 26-R 33-D 72-R 02/02/16 - 03/11/16 Alaska Bill Walker 6-D 14-R 16-D 23-R 01/19/16 - 04/17/16 Arizona Doug Ducey (R) 13-D 17-R 24-D 36-R 01/11/16 - 04/22/16 Arkansas Asa Hutchinson (R) 11-D 24-R 36-D 64-R 04/13/16 - 05/12/16 California Jerry Brown (D) 26-D 14-R 52-D 28-R 01/04/16 - 08/31/16 Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 17-D 18-R 34-D 31-R 01/13/16 - 05/11/16 Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) 21-D 15-R 87-D 64-R 02/03/16 - 05/04/16 Delaware Jack Markell (D) 12-D 9-R 25-D 16-R 01/12/16 - 06/30/16 Florida Rick Scott (R) 14-D 26-R 38-D 81-R 01/12/16 - 03/11/16 Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 18-D 38-R 60-D 119-R 01/11/16 03/31/16 Hawaii David Ige (D) 24-D 1-R 43-D 8-R 01/20/16 05/05/16 Idaho Butch Otter (R) 7-D 28-R 14-D 56-R 01/11/16 03/25/16 Illinois Bruce Rauner (R) 39-D 20-R 71-D 47-R 01/13/16 05/31/16 Indiana Mike Pence (R) 10-D 40-R 29-D 71-R 01/05/16 03/14/16 Iowa Terry Branstad (R) 26-D 24-R 43-D 57-R 01/11/16 04/19/16 Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 8-D 32-R 27-D 98-R 01/11/16 05/13/16 Kentucky Matt Bevin (R) 12-D 26-R 54-D 46-R 01/05/16 04/15/16 Louisiana John Bel Edwards (D) 14-D 25-R 42-D 61-R 03/14/16 06/06/16 Maine Paul LePage (R) 15-D 20-R 79-D 68-R 01/06/16 04/20/16 Maryland Larry Hogan (R) 33-D 14-R 90-D 51-R 01/13/16 04/11/16 Massachusetts Charlie Baker (R) 34-D 6-R 125-D 34-R 01/06/16 07/31/16 Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 11-D 27-R 47-D 63-R 01/13/16 12/31/16 Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 39-D 28-R 62-D 72-R 03/08/16 05/23/16 Mississippi Phil Bryant (R) 20-D 31-R 56-D 66-R 01/05/16 05/08/16 Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 9-D 25-R 45-D 118-R 01/06/16 05/13/16 Montana Steve Bullock (D) 21-D 29-R 41-D 59-R No Session in 2016 Nebraska Pete Ricketts (R) 49 bicameral 01/06/16 04/20/16 Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) 10-D 11-R 15-D 27-R No Session in 2016 New Hampshire Maggie Hassan (D) 10-D 14-R 158-D 238-R 01/06/16 06/30/16 New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 24-D 16-R 48-D 32-R 01/12/16 12/31/16 New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 25-D 17-R 33-D 37-R 01/19/16 02/18/16 New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 31-D 32-R 106-D 44-R 01/06/16 06/16/16 North Carolina Pat McCrory (R) 16-D 34-R 46-D 74-R 04/25/16 06/30/16 North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) 15-D 32-R 23-D 71-R No Session in 2016 Ohio John Kasich (R) 10-D 23-R 34-D 65-R 01/05/16 12/31/16 Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 8-D 40-R 29-D 72-R 02/01/16 05/27/16 Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 18-D 12-R 35-D 25-R 02/01/16 03/06/16 Pennsylvania Tom Wolf (D) 20-D 30-R 84-D 119-R 01/05/16 11/30/16 Rhode Island Gina Raimondo (D) 32-D 5-R 63-D 11-R 01/05/16 06/30/16 South Carolina Nikki Haley (R) 18-D 28-R 46-D 78-R 01/12/16 06/02/16 South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 8-D 27-R 12-D 58-R 01/12/16 03/29/16 Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 6-D 27-R 26-D 73-R 01/12/16 04/20/16 Texas Greg Abbott (R) 11-D 20-R 52-D 98-R No Session in 2016 Utah Gary Herbert (R) 4-D 25-R 15-D 60-R 01/25/16 03/10/16 Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 19-D 9-R 88-D 53-R 01/05/16 05/12/16 Virginia Terry McAuliffe (D) 19-D 21-R 32-D 67-R 01/13/16 03/12/16 Washington Jay Inslee (D) 24-D 25-R 51-D 47-R 01/11/16 03/10/16 West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin (R) 16-D 18-R 36-D 64-R 01/13/16 03/12/16 Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 14-D 19-R 36-D 64-R 01/12/16 04/07/16 Wyoming Matt Mead (R) 4-D 26-R 9-D 51-R 02/08/16 03/04/16 2015 State Legislative Tracking Document In 2015, NASBP tracked 61 separate bills at the state level. Twenty-two of these bills focused on public-private partnerships, a major issue for NASBP this year. NASBP also dealt with several attempts to legitimize individual sureties and increase bonding thresholds