Virginia Senate Bill 1787 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Motor vehicle insurance; compliance verification. Requires motor vehicle insurance companies to report all required insurance information to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) within 30 days of a policy change and to respond to all DMV requests for acknowledgment by confirming or denying the existence of an insurance policy within 15 days of receiving the request. The measure requires such insurers to report all necessary insurance information to the DMV electronically. The measure updates the types of policy updates and necessary data fields required to operate DMV's insurance verification process. The measure requires DMV to initiate the insurance verification process following receipt of a report that it processed an uninsured motorist claim involving an uninsured motor vehicle registered in Virginia. The measure provides that if a customer opts to surrender his license plates to DMV online or by telephone, he is not entitled to a partial refund of the cost of registration fees. The measure authorizes the DMV to dispense with a customer's suspension if a customer provides evidence that he was in compliance with Virginia's insurance laws. The measure renames the fee charged after a violation of Virginia's insurance laws from the uninsured motor vehicle fee to the noncompliance fee, increases the fee from $500 to $600, and directs the additional revenue to the DMV's special fund to be used for enhancements to DMV's insurance verification program. The measure also amends Virginia's installment payment program to (i) allow out-of-state individuals to apply for an installment payment plan; (ii) allow a customer to enter into a second installment payment plan after defaulting on the first plan; and (iii) authorize the Commissioner to extend an installment payment due date by up to 30 days when events outside of DMV's control adversely affect its ability to accept payment. An enactment clause requires DMV to report in 2024 to the General Assembly on the effectiveness of this measure in improving the insurance verification program. An enactment clause postpones the effective date of the provisions that require electronic filing of insurance information and update the types of data required to be provided by insurers. This bill is identical to HB 1867.

Motor vehicle insurance; compliance verification by DMV.

Sen. Stephen Newman [R]

2019-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)
2019-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 193 (effective - see bill)
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 (SB1787ER)
2019-02-18	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-13	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Read third time
2019-02-12	House	Read second time
2019-02-12	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-07	House	Referred from Transportation by voice vote
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-04	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-30	Senate	Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
2019-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2019-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19104152D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	688	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	706	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	708	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	710	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1787
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1787+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1787ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0193+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S11V0061+SB1787
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0313SB1787+SB1787
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0347SB1787+SB1787
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0348SB1787+SB1787
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0165+SB1787
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2746+SB1787