SB 594 VA

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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.

• Bill DeSteph Republican · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101203D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
3. Jan 29, 2026 Rereferred from Transportation to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Feb 8, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594) · upper
5. Feb 12, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
7. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107848D-S1 · upper
8. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Blank Action · upper
18. Feb 20, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
19. Feb 20, 2026 Read first time · lower
20. Feb 20, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
21. Feb 20, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 · lower
22. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) · lower
24. Mar 2, 2026 Read second time · lower
25. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · lower
26. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by temporarily · lower
27. Mar 3, 2026 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594) · upper
29. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · upper
30. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB594ER) · upper
31. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
32. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
34. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Mar 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB594) · upper
36. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 898 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML