Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited.
Summary
Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. Prohibits a fire insurance policy or a fire insurance policy in combination with other coverages from assigning or otherwise transferring, in whole or in part, to any other person the duties, rights, or benefits of the insured under the policy arising from a claim or covered loss without written consent of the insurer. Any such contract provision is void and unenforceable under the bill. This bill is identical to HB 1628.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Mar 19, 2025
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MINOR
This bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 134 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive content of the legislation remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only formatting and layout adjustments made during the final chaptering process.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the legal text of the new section 38.2-2131 remains identical.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout adjustments were made to convert the enrolled bill text into the final chaptered format, including adding chapter number, approval date, and adjusting line spacing and indentation.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 22, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1154ER)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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