Virginia House Bill 870 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 7 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Unfair claim settlement practices; appraisal of automobile repair costs. Authorizes the repair facility or the insurer making the appraisal of the cost of repairing a motor vehicle that has been damaged as the result of a covered loss to prepare an initial repair appraisal, which may be the final repair appraisal, on the motor vehicle either from personal inspection of the vehicle by a representative of the repair facility or insurer or from photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery of the motor vehicle. The measure prohibits an insurer from requiring an owner of a motor vehicle to submit photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery as a condition of an appraisal. Supplemental repair estimates that become necessary after the repair work has been initiated due to discovery of additional damage to the motor vehicle may also be made from photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery of the motor vehicle, provided that in the case of disputed repairs a personal inspection is required. Currently, a person is prohibited from making appraisals of the cost of repairing a motor vehicle that has been damaged as a result of a collision unless the appraisal is based upon a personal inspection. An insurer's violation of the requirement with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice constitutes an unfair claim settlement practice.

Unfair claim settlement practices; appraisal of automobile repair costs.

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)
2016-03-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 286 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 11, 2016
2016-03-04	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/4/16
2016-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-29	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-29	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB870ER)
2016-02-29	House	Enrolled
2016-02-25	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-25	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2016-02-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-02-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-08	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-08	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-05	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB870H1
2016-02-05	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16104775D-H1
2016-02-05	House	Read second time
2016-02-04	House	Read first time
2016-02-02	House	Committee substitute printed 16104775D-H1
2016-02-02	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101648D

SB193 (Same As) 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	510	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB870
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB870+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB870H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB870ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0286+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H14V0041+HB0870
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0316+HB0870
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S02V0081+HB0870
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0597HB0870+HB0870
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0613HB0870+HB0870