---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire insurance policies; change in amount of coverage."
description: "Prohibits an insurer from increasing or decreasing the amount of fire insurance coverage, including fire insurance in combination with other coverage, on commercial property under a policy that has been in effect for at least 60 days unless the first named insured has consented in writing to such a change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1836"
citation: "Virginia HB 1836 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a96794f-92a3-4957-b498-b2685c4c2d71"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1836"
source_hash: "21323a95be5ea1e9c06c5e1b28dc6be95b0a88d02d046088cef1b4cd733a3927"
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 1836 (2019) — Fire insurance policies; change in amount of coverage.

Prohibits an insurer from increasing or decreasing the amount of fire insurance coverage, including fire insurance in combination with other coverage, on commercial property under a policy that has been in effect for at least 60 days unless the first named insured has consented in writing to such a change.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0693)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1836AH)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1836ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1836ER)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101169D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1836)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101169D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1836E)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1836ASE)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101169D `introduction`
- **2019-01-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Passed by for the day
- **2019-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-16** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-01-16** Engrossed by House as amended HB1836E
- **2019-01-16** Printed as engrossed 19101169D-E
- **2019-01-17** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-18** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a96794f-92a3-4957-b498-b2685c4c2d71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).