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| Bill | Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage, revises language of required notice. | Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage; required notice. Revises the language of the notice required to be enclosed with all motor vehicle insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed after July 1, 2026, in the Commonwealth. The bill requires such notice to provide that the insured may choose to change the way the insured's underinsured motorist coverage is calculated. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1159 | Virginia SB 1159 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1159 (2025) — Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage, revises language of required notice.
Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage; required notice. Revises the language of the notice required to be enclosed with all motor vehicle insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed after July 1, 2026, in the Commonwealth. The bill requires such notice to provide that the insured may choose to change the way the insured's underinsured motorist coverage is calculated.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102814D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2025-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1159)
- 2025-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-22 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-23 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-01-23 Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-01-23 Printed as engrossed 25102814D-E
- 2025-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2025-02-04 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1159)
- 2025-02-13 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-20 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1159ER)
passage - 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1159)
- 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/615a77b7-9c6e-4c57-9d44-5cb2f0038d11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).