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1996 SESSION
SB 554 Motor vehicle insurance.
Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Motor vehicle insurance. Requires insurance companies to electronically transmit monthly reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding the coverage status of their insured drivers operating vehicles registered in Virginia. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to compare the electronically transmitted insurance reports with vehicle information on file at the Department of Motor Vehicles to verify if motor vehicles are properly insured. This bill further provides that persons who fail to pay their uninsured motor vehicle fee and do not immediately surrender their license plates shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill is a duplicate of HB 524.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 966803819 pdf
- 03/08/96 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB554ER) pdf
- 04/05/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 966803819
- 01/22/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/01/96 Senate: Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/96 Senate: Const. reading disp.(40-Y 0-N), passed by for the day
- 02/02/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/96 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/96 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/96 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/96 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/96 House: Read first time
- 02/07/96 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 02/15/96 House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/96 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/20/96 House: Reported from Tra. (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/21/96 House: Read second time
- 02/22/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/96 House: Read third time
- 02/23/96 House: Passed House (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/96 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB554ER)
- 03/11/96 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/11/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/01/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 1/1/97)
- 04/05/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)