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| Bill | Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. | Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. Prohibits a fire insurance policy or a fire insurance policy in combination with other coverages from assigning or otherwise transferring, in whole or in part, to any other person the duties, rights, or benefits of the insured under the policy arising from a claim or covered loss without written consent of the insurer. Any such contract provision is void and unenforceable under the bill. This bill is identical to SB 1154. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1628 | Virginia HB 1628 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1628 (2025) — Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited.
Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. Prohibits a fire insurance policy or a fire insurance policy in combination with other coverages from assigning or otherwise transferring, in whole or in part, to any other person the duties, rights, or benefits of the insured under the policy arising from a claim or covered loss without written consent of the insurer. Any such contract provision is void and unenforceable under the bill. This bill is identical to SB 1154.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101858D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2025-01-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1628)
- 2025-01-10 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-16 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-20 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-21 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-22 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-22 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-01-22 Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-23 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-12 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-12 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1628ER)
passage - 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1628)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85e197f6-1feb-4dc5-b224-44f228d2b554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).