Motor vehicle liability insurance; underinsured motorist claims, settlement procedures, subrogation. (SB1190)
Introduced By
Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Motor vehicle liability insurance; underinsured motorist claims; settlement procedures; subrogation. Establishes a procedure by which an injured person or personal representative may settle a claim with a liability insurer or insurers and the liability insurer's or insurers' insured for the limits of the liability insurer's coverage without prejudice to any underinsured motorist benefits or claim. Upon payment of the liability insurer's limits, the liability insurer has no further duties to its insured and the underinsured motorist benefits insurer shall have no right of subrogation or claim against the underinsured motorist. However, if the underinsured motorist unreasonably fails to cooperate with the underinsured motorist benefits insurer in the defense of any lawsuit brought by the injured person or their personal representative, he may again be subjected to a claim for subrogation by the underinsured motorist benefits insurer. The measure also provides that an insurer paying underinsured motorist benefits to an insured shall have no right of subrogation against any person who settled with the underinsured motorist benefits insurer's insured pursuant to this new procedure unless the underinsured motorist failed to reasonably cooperate in the defense of any lawsuit brought against him. The underinsured motorist benefits insurer is required to pay the reasonable costs and expenses related to procuring the insured's cooperation. If the underinsured motorist cooperates with the underinsured motorist benefits insurer, or if his failure to do so was not unreasonable, then the court may award him his costs, including attorney fees, in defending the subrogation action. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102383D |
01/13/2015 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/21/2015 | Impact statement from SCC (SB1190) |
01/26/2015 | Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/26/2015 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
02/09/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104654D-S1 |
02/10/2015 | Read second time |
02/10/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/10/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104654D-S1 |
02/10/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1190S1 |
02/10/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2015 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
02/12/2015 | Read first time |
02/12/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/13/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2015 | Read second time |
02/16/2015 | Impact statement from SCC (SB1190S1) |
02/17/2015 | Read third time |
02/17/2015 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/17/2015 | Engrossed by House as amended |
02/17/2015 | Passed House with amendments (96-Y 2-N 1-A) |
02/17/2015 | VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2015 | House amendments rejected by Senate (5-Y 33-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2015 | House insisted on amendments |
02/20/2015 | House requested conference committee |
02/24/2015 | Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/24/2015 | Senators: Norment, McEachin, Chafin |
02/25/2015 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/25/2015 | Delegates: Kilgore, Habeeb, McClellan |
02/25/2015 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/25/2015 | Conference substitute printed 15105564D-S2 |
02/25/2015 | Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 2-N 1-A) |
02/25/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (89-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2015 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2015 | Impact statement from SCC (SB1190S2) |
03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1190ER) |
03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
03/10/2015 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
03/10/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
03/10/2015 | Impact statement from SCC (SB1190ER) |
03/26/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 1/1/16 see bill) |
03/26/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584) |