Virginia Senate Bill 1238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Motor carriers; financial responsibility. Requires motor carriers when operating a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less in intrastate commerce when available to transport property for compensation but not actively transporting such property to be covered by the same financial responsibility requirements as all other motorists. Current law sets such minimum liability requirements at $25,000 per person, $50,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $20,000 for property damage.

Motor carriers; financial responsibility.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)
2023-03-22		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1238ER)
2023-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	House	Read second time
2023-02-16	House	Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-25	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	Senate	Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103910D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	2143.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1238
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1238+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1238ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0242+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1238F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1238FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0024+SB1238
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0084SB1238+SB1238
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0108SB1238+SB1238
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1901V0026+SB1238
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H19V0114+SB1238
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2078+SB1238