Virginia Senate Bill 17 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company denies, refuses, or fails to pay its insured, or refuses a reasonable settlement demand within the policy's coverage limits for a claim for uninsured or underinsured motorist benefits within a reasonable time after being presented with a demand for such benefits and it is subsequently found that such denial, refusal, or failure was not in good faith, then the insurance company shall be liable to the insured for the full amount of the judgment and reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and interest.

Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2018-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-30	Senate	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-24	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-22	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2018-01-22	Senate	Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
2017-11-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-11-20	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100555D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	2206	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	66.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB17
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB17+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02C0015+SB0017
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03C0180+SB0017