Property and bulk property carriers; regulation, combines authorities. (SB1364)

Introduced By

Sen. Steve Newman (R-Forest) with support from co-patrons Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), and Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Department of Motor Vehicles; regulation of property carriers. Combines the current property carrier and bulk property carrier authorities and eliminates the current license requirement for property brokers. The bill eliminates the requirement for the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specially designated license plates for property-carrying vehicles operated for hire. The bill reduces insurance limits for carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 7,500 pounds but not in excess of 10,000 pounds from $750,000 to $300,000. The bill reduces current liability coverage requirements for property carriers from $750,000 to $50,000 per person, $100,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $25,000 for property damage for passenger cars, motorcycles, autocycles, and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2017. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/11/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101780D
01/11/2017Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/25/2017Assigned Trans sub: Property Carriers
01/31/2017Impact statement from DPB (SB1364)
02/01/2017Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2017Committee substitute printed 17105086D-S1
02/02/2017Incorporates SB1219 (Stanley)
02/02/2017Incorporates SB1435 (Obenshain)
02/03/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2017Passed by for the day
02/07/2017Read second time
02/07/2017Committee substitute rejected 17105086D-S1
02/07/2017Reading of substitute waived
02/07/2017Floor substitute printed 17105256D-S2 (Newman)
02/07/2017Substitute by Senator Newman agreed to 17105256D-S2
02/07/2017Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1364S2
02/07/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2017Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2017Placed on Calendar
02/09/2017Read first time
02/09/2017Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/13/2017Impact statement from DPB (SB1364S2)
02/14/2017Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Read second time
02/16/2017Read third time
02/16/2017Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/16/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2017Enrolled
02/20/2017Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1364ER)
02/20/2017Impact statement from DPB (SB1364ER)
02/20/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/20/2017Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/05/2017Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/05/2017House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
04/05/2017VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/05/2017G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/05/2017Reenrolled
04/05/2017Reenrolled bill text (SB1364ER2)
04/05/2017Signed by President as reenrolled
04/05/2017Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/05/2017Enacted, Chapter 815 (effective 1/1/18)
04/05/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0815)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 27 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.



Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon): FEEDBACK YOU GET, THE BETTER YOUR RANKING, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO USE YOU AGAIN. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INCENTIVIZED TO MAKE THESE DELIVERIES ON TIME, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, GET AS MUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE, WHATEVER IT IS, DRIVING AROUND WITH A PIZZA IN THE BACK OF THEIR CAR, A PACKAGE IN THE BACK OF THEIR CAR, SOME THING IN THE BACK OF THEIR CAR. THEY WILL BE IN A BIG HURRY TO GET THAT THERE ON TIME. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET IN A HURRY? THEY HIT PEOPLE. THEY HIT CARS, THEY HIT PEOPLE, THEY HIT BIKES, THEY HURT PEOPLE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WE'RE GIVING A LESSER LIMIT OF INSURANCE TO ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET INTO COLLISIONS. YET WE ARE PUTTING IN CODE A POLICY THAT SAYS THEY SHOULD CARRY LESS COVERAGE. AND THAT CONCERNS ME, MR. PRESIDENT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN SOMETHING AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE KEEP VOTING FOR IMMUNITY. WE KEEP VOTING FOR LOWER INSURANCE. I WILL TELL YOU, EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU PUSH A GREEN BUTTON FOR IMMUNITY, OR A GREEN BUTTON FOR INSURANCE, ALL YOU ARE DOING IS SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY. YOU ARE SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE PERSON WHO CAUSED IT, OR THE CORPORATION WHO ENABLED IT, THE BUSINESS WHO CAUSED IT, YOU ARE SHIFTING IT OVER TO THE PERSON WHO IS HURT, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, YOU ARE SHIFTING IT OVER TO OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM, OUR TAXPAYERS. AND THAT'S JUST NOT A POLICY -- FOR THAT MATTER, YOU ARE SHIFTING IT TO BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS, BECAUSE WHEN THESE PEOPLE GET HURT AND THEIR LIVES GET ALTERED, THAT'S OFTEN WHERE THEY END UP, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET FULLY COMPENSATED FOR NOT ONLY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS, BUT FOR THEIR