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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; reciprocals."
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description: "Allows a foreign reciprocal to obtain a license to transact the business of insurance in the Commonwealth if an affiliate of the foreign reciprocal is licensed to write the class of insurance it proposes to write in Virginia and is writing actively that class of insurance in its state of domicile or at least two other states. The measure also provides that a foreign or alien reciprocal is prohibited from transacting the business of insurance in Virginia until it obtains from the State Corporation Commission both a certificate of authority and a license to transact the business of insurance in the Commonwealth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1158"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1158 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f6de2a-923d-4403-81c9-5aa25f443695"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1158"
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source_hash: "2815376211f0083849426d417b21922f22b22893a664773402d0a10fa62da438"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1158 (2017) — Insurance; reciprocals.
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Allows a foreign reciprocal to obtain a license to transact the business of insurance in the Commonwealth if an affiliate of the foreign reciprocal is licensed to write the class of insurance it proposes to write in Virginia and is writing actively that class of insurance in its state of domicile or at least two other states. The measure also provides that a foreign or alien reciprocal is prohibited from transacting the business of insurance in Virginia until it obtains from the State Corporation Commission both a certificate of authority and a license to transact the business of insurance in the Commonwealth.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0655)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1158ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1158ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100812D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1158)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100812D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1158E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100812D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1158E
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- **2017-01-26** Printed as engrossed 17100812D-E
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
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- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 655 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88f6de2a-923d-4403-81c9-5aa25f443695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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