Virginia House Bill 1240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Legal services plans. Authorizes legal services organizations to provide to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services any registration information or fees on behalf of their legal services plan sellers. Currently, sellers are required to register with the Department individually. The measure also (i) allows legal services plans to be written in Virginia by a foreign corporation that is licensed as an insurer in its state of domicile and authorized to write legal services plans under the laws of any state; (ii) authorizes a foreign insurer issuing legal services plans to file financial statements with the State Corporation Commission using certain alternative forms; (iii) allows a legal services organization to use policy forms without prior approval of the Commission if it has filed an informational filing and written notice of its intent to use the form; (iv) allows legal services organizations to exclude the management discussion and analysis sections of their financial statements filed with the Commission; and (v) provides that the Commission may investigate or examine a legal services organization as it deems necessary.

Legal services plans; registration information or fees.

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N) (Y: 97 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)
2020-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 408 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1240ER)
2020-02-28	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N)
2020-02-24	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
2020-02-24	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-20	Senate	Amendment by Senator Saslaw agreed to
2020-02-20	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-03	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1240H1
2020-01-31	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106498D-H1
2020-01-31	House	Read second time
2020-01-30	House	Read first time
2020-01-28	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 20106498D-H1
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105065D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	1300	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1315.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1317	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	316	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4402.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	441.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1240
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1240+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1240H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1240ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0408+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0078+HB1240
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0110+HB1240
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0311+HB1240
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0170+HB1240
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0734HB1240+HB1240
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0751HB1240+HB1240
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1233+HB1240