---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uninsured motorist fee; removes option to register an uninsured motor vehicle upon payment of fee."
description: "Uninsured motorist fee; removes option to register an uninsured motor vehicle upon payment of fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 951"
citation: "Virginia SB 951 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb017480-9546-4e5a-bf71-431def9f7cef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB951"
source_hash: "4e2fe81dc1950f27041fe9d68777c453950cac83d1a540f43f829d3bb2165e2a"
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 951 (2023) — Uninsured motorist fee; removes option to register an uninsured motor vehicle upon payment of fee.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0538** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0538)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102400D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB951)
3. **SB951ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB951ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N 3-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102400D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB951)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N 3-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB951ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB951ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb017480-9546-4e5a-bf71-431def9f7cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).