---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation network companies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage."
description: "Transportation network companies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1216"
citation: "Virginia SB 1216 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a89c1c8-0566-4fd1-9ea1-2a3563b4db5c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1216"
source_hash: "f0e76f3d35e880296ddc33e43c3c14e2ed6e01ea856dd461f471c5466606bcc4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1216 (2023) — Transportation network companies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0322)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102185D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1216)
3. **SB1216ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1216ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (10-Y 3-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102185D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation (10-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1216)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1216ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1216ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a89c1c8-0566-4fd1-9ea1-2a3563b4db5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).