HB 1240 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Legal services plans; registration information or fees.

Summary
Legal services plans. Authorizes legal services organizations to provide to the Virginia Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services any registration information or fees on behalfof their legal services plan sellers. Currently, sellers are requiredto register with the Department individually. The measure also (i)authorizes a foreign insurer issuing legal services plans to filefinancial statements with the State Corporation Commission in theform used in its state of domicile; (ii) allows legal services plansto be written in Virginia by a foreign insurer that is authorizedto write legal services plans in another jurisdiction; (iii) authorizesa legal services organization to request an exemption from the requirementthat the Commission conduct an examination of it every five yearsif the organization provides an audited financial statement; (iv)allows a legal services organization to seek a waiver of the requirementthat it obtain the Commission's prior approval of policy forms and related documents; (v) eliminates the requirement that legal services organizations file actuarial opinions; and (vi) allows legal services organizations to exclude the management discussion and analysis sectionsof their financial statements filed with the Commission.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 408 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator Saslaw agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1240H1
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106498D-H1
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105065D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Tony Wilt
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