republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-594.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	Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited.	Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited. Prohibits an insurance carrier authorized to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies from automatically adding any person to the list of persons insured under a motor vehicle owner's policy or to the household of a named insured for purposes of such policy based solely on certain information enumerated in the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 594	Virginia SB 594 (2026)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	3	36	8	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/05379e12-aac5-4552-9d8c-55cfa7737b54	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB594	038d01111b29f32d7abb8790332f48bdb1f8ff6802e95573e9179cd3da8f24f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 594 (2026) — Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited.

Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited. Prohibits an insurance carrier authorized to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies from automatically adding any person to the list of persons insured under a motor vehicle owner's policy or to the household of a named insured for purposes of such policy based solely on certain information enumerated in the bill.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Rereferred from Transportation — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101203D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Rereferred from Transportation to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-02-08 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594)
• 2026-02-12 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-12 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107848D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Blank Action
• 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Passed by temporarily
• 2026-03-03 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594)
• 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB594ER) passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 898 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05379e12-aac5-4552-9d8c-55cfa7737b54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).