republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-165.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Life and annuities agents; report on licensure exam passage rate.	Life and annuities agents; report on examinationpassage rate. Eliminates the requirement that the State CorporationCommission provide an annual report to the General Assembly on the licensure exam passage rate of candidates for licensure as a lifeand annuities agent.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 165	Virginia SB 165 (2020)	bill		enacted	Lionell Spruill, Sr.	3	22	5	2019-12-19	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/9f10e247-4ce8-45c4-8dff-114c33fff91b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB165	3e42a3077d4ac238ba98d6d87cc53b89d02f543807faa0799b79fa77a31f408c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 165 (2020) — Life and annuities agents; report on licensure exam passage rate.

Life and annuities agents; report on examinationpassage rate. Eliminates the requirement that the State CorporationCommission provide an annual report to the General Assembly on the licensure exam passage rate of candidates for licensure as a lifeand annuities agent.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB165ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from SCC (SB165) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101602D introduction
• 2019-12-19 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Impact statement from SCC (SB165)
• 2020-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from SCC (SB165ER)
• 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-26 Signed by President
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
• 2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 223 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f10e247-4ce8-45c4-8dff-114c33fff91b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).