Insurance agents; licensing and registration renewal.
Summary
Insurance licensing and registration renewal. Makes changes related to renewal of insurance agents' licensure and registration. In 2019, legislation was enacted that becomes effective January 1, 2021, to change the licensing and registration renewal cycles for agents, public adjusters, and others to a new cycle based on both month and year, with biennial renewal. The bill removes references in the current law to biennial renewal, removes a requirement in the law as it will become effective that limited lines agents renew their licenses before May 1, 2021, and adds a requirement in the law as it will become effective that certain settlement agents renew their registrations before May 1, 2021.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 2, 2020
Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101598D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AB
A. Benton "Ben" Chafin
RRepublican
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