---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited."
description: "Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited. Prohibits an insurance carrier authorized to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies from automatically adding any person to the list of persons insured under a motor vehicle owner's policy or to the household of a named insured for purposes of such policy based solely on certain information enumerated in the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 594"
citation: "Virginia SB 594 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05379e12-aac5-4552-9d8c-55cfa7737b54"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB594"
source_hash: "038d01111b29f32d7abb8790332f48bdb1f8ff6802e95573e9179cd3da8f24f0"
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 594 (2026) — Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited.

Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited. Prohibits an insurance carrier authorized to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies from automatically adding any person to the list of persons insured under a motor vehicle owner's policy or to the household of a named insured for purposes of such policy based solely on certain information enumerated in the bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090985.PDF)
2. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147132.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196041.PDF)

## Votes

- Rereferred from Transportation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101203D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Rereferred from Transportation to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594)
- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107848D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed by temporarily
- **2026-03-03** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594)
- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB594ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 898 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05379e12-aac5-4552-9d8c-55cfa7737b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).