---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mutual assessment property and casualty insurers; notice by electronic delivery."
description: "Mutual assessment property and casualty insurers;notice by electronic delivery. Authorizes a mutual assessmentproperty and casualty insurer to provide notice of assessment byelectronic delivery. Under current law, such notice may only be providedpersonally or by mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "Virginia HB 951 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret B. Ransone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2eb7a9-62b8-4b64-ac41-497fbf24eae7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB951"
source_hash: "bbf29200a83ba80ad03990fff0a3be33f34bcbf94e4d515334f0383b5cf93600"
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 951 (2020) — Mutual assessment property and casualty insurers; notice by electronic delivery.

Mutual assessment property and casualty insurers;notice by electronic delivery. Authorizes a mutual assessmentproperty and casualty insurer to provide notice of assessment byelectronic delivery. Under current law, such notice may only be providedpersonally or by mail.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0216)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB951ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB951ER)
3. **Impact statement from SCC (HB951)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB951)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101810D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB951)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from SCC (HB951ER)
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a2eb7a9-62b8-4b64-ac41-497fbf24eae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).