Travel insurance; establishes procedures and requirements.
Summary
Establishes procedures and requirements for travel protection plans and travel administrators. The measure establishes travel insurance as an inland marine line of insurance sold by property and casualty insurance agents. The measure (i) prohibits any person from acting as a limited lines travel insurance agent unless properly licensed, (ii) prohibits any person from acting as a travel retailer unless properly registered, and (iii) authorizes the State Corporation Commission to take enforcement actions, including suspending, revoking, or terminating a license. The measure establishes a premium tax on travel insurance premiums paid by residents of the Commonwealth and establishes acceptable practices for the sale and advertising of travel insurance. The measure applies to travel insurance policies purchased on or after July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 12, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2186H1
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105372D-H1
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102434D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Terry Kilgore
RRepublican
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