---
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: "HB 1495"
citation: "Virginia HB 1495 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7268020-ed73-428d-beaa-2998468aa0a0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1495"
source_hash: "2022969804ca9a5c8c3970a3d1e6e5874a7e88cce10fe57a707587a8044630f9"
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 1495 (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. **CHAP0321** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0321)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23103953D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1495H1)
3. **HB1495ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1495ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101130D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1495)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (98-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101130D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1495)
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute printed 23103953D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 23103953D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1495H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** VOTE: (98-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1495H1)
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-14** Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1495ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1495ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 321 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7268020-ed73-428d-beaa-2998468aa0a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).