Virginia Senate Bill 27 (Adjourned Sine Die)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company denies, refuses, or fails to pay its insured, or refuses a reasonable settlement demand within the policy's coverage limits, for a claim for uninsured or underinsured motorist benefits within a reasonable time after being presented with a demand for such benefits and it is subsequently found that such denial, refusal, or failure was not in good faith, then the insurance company shall be liable to the insured for the full amount of the judgment and reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and interest from the date the initial settlement demand was presented to the insurance company.

Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2020-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	Senate	Left in Commerce and Labor
2020-01-20	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N)
2019-11-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-11-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100601D

SB27 (Carry Over) 2020-01-20 - Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	2206	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	66.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB27
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB27+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB27F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S02C0028+SB0027