Virginia Senate Bill 1565 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Travel insurance. Establishes procedures and requirements for travel protection plans and travel administrators. The measure establishes travel insurance as an inland marine line of insurance sold by property and casualty insurance agents. The measure (i) prohibits any person from acting as a limited lines travel insurance agent unless properly licensed, (ii) prohibits any person from acting as a travel retailer unless properly registered, and (iii) authorizes the State Corporation Commission to take enforcement actions, including suspending, revoking, or terminating a license. The measure establishes a premium tax on travel insurance premiums paid by residents of the Commonwealth and establishes acceptable practices for the sale and advertising of travel insurance. The measure applies to travel insurance policies purchased on or after July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to HB 2186.

Travel insurance; establishes procedures and requirements.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

2019-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)
2019-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 266 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
2019-02-19	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-18	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1565ER)
2019-02-18	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-13	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2019-02-13	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-02-13	House	Read third time
2019-02-12	House	Read second time
2019-02-12	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1565S1
2019-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19105896D-S1
2019-01-31	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19105896D-S1
2019-01-28	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102495D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	1887	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1888	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1888.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1888.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	2501.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1565
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1565+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1565S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1565ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0266+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0060+SB1565
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0248SB1565+SB1565
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0278SB1565+SB1565
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0156+SB1565
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0608SB1565+SB1565
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2724+SB1565