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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire insurance policies; change in amount of coverage."
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description: "Prohibits an insurer from increasing or decreasing the amount of fire insurance coverage, including fire insurance in combination with other coverage, on commercial property under a policy that has been in effect for at least 60 days unless the first named insured has consented in writing to such a change."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1836"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1836 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-02"
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last_action: "2019-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a96794f-92a3-4957-b498-b2685c4c2d71"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1836"
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source_hash: "21323a95be5ea1e9c06c5e1b28dc6be95b0a88d02d046088cef1b4cd733a3927"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1836 (2019) — Fire insurance policies; change in amount of coverage.
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Prohibits an insurer from increasing or decreasing the amount of fire insurance coverage, including fire insurance in combination with other coverage, on commercial property under a policy that has been in effect for at least 60 days unless the first named insured has consented in writing to such a change.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0693)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1836AH)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1836ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1836ER)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101169D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1836)
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5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101169D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1836E)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1836ASE)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101169D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-15** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-16** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-01-16** Engrossed by House as amended HB1836E
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- **2019-01-16** Printed as engrossed 19101169D-E
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- **2019-01-17** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-18** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-18** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a96794f-92a3-4957-b498-b2685c4c2d71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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