Virginia House Bill 172 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Passed on April 11 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)

Civil procedure; disclosure of insurance liability limits. Allows an injured person, or his attorney, to request the disclosure of the liability limits of an insurance policy prior to filing a civil action for personal injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident. The party requesting this information shall provide the insurer with (i) the date of the accident, (ii) the name and last-known address of the alleged tortfeasor, (iii) a copy of the accident report, if any, (iv) the claim number, if available, and (v) the injured person's medical records, medical bills, and wage-loss determination. The insurer only has to disclose the liability limits if the amount of the injured person's medical bills and wage losses equals or exceeds $12,500. The bill also provides that disclosure of a policy's limits shall not constitute an admission that the alleged injury is subject to the policy.

Insurance liability; disclosure of limits prior to filing a lawsuit.

No sponsor information available at this time.

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)
2008-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 819 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-09		Senate: Signed by President
2008-03-07		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-03-07		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB172ER)
2008-03-07		House: Enrolled
2008-03-05		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (65-Y 33-N)
2008-03-05		House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 089590588-S1 (65-Y 33-N)
2008-03-05		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-03-04		Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2008-03-04		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB172S1
2008-03-04		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 089590588-S1
2008-03-04		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-03-04		Senate: Read third time
2008-03-03		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-29		Senate: Committee substitute printed 089590588-S1
2008-02-28		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2008-02-14		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-02-13		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-13		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-12		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-12		House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (55-Y 43-N)
2008-02-12		House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N)
2008-02-11		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB172H1
2008-02-11		House: Committee substitute agreed to 081494588-H1
2008-02-11		House: Read second time
2008-02-09		House: Read first time
2008-02-09		House: Committee substitute printed 081494588-H1
2008-02-08		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
2008-01-10		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2007-12-26		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2007-12-26		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084666588

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB172