---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations."
description: "Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "Virginia HB 1471 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Insurance", "State Corporation Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-12"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f60b76fc-0b4d-46d4-b3c7-9a2233ffd326"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1471"
source_hash: "46dc9e838edab1886b5df7a4a7c5d1c5e29785bd6ea1db20353ca1785cbc6e67"
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 HB 1471 (2017) — Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0477)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1471ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1471ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101533D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1471)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101533D `introduction`
- **2016-12-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-17** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-19** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f60b76fc-0b4d-46d4-b3c7-9a2233ffd326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).