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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	Fire insurance; appraisers and umpires, citizenship requirements.	Fire insurance; appraisers and umpires; citizenship requirements. Removes a requirement that appraisers and umpireswho make appraisals for loss or damage to property under the provisionsof a fire insurance policy are citizens and residents of the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 606	Virginia HB 606 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey M. Bourne	3	21	5	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/16434ef5-151f-4b2b-b7e9-865c14ac48b9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB606	f4203b47eee5b416848833f1a6f2b9848cedea79b156447bedac35536009cf9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 606 (2022) — Fire insurance; appraisers and umpires, citizenship requirements.

Fire insurance; appraisers and umpires; citizenship requirements. Removes a requirement that appraisers and umpireswho make appraisals for loss or damage to property under the provisionsof a fire insurance policy are citizens and residents of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0666 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB606ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101308D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — 36–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101308D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Impact statement from SCC (HB606)
• 2022-01-25 Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-01 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from SCC (HB606ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 666 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16434ef5-151f-4b2b-b7e9-865c14ac48b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).