Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 22 of Title 38.2 a section numbered 38.2-2235, relating to motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited. Prohibits an insurance carrier authorized to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies from automatically adding any person to the list of persons insured under a motor vehicle owner's policy or to the household of a named insured for purposes of such policy based solely on certain information enumerated in the bill.
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 14, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 898 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Bill DeSteph
Recorded votes
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 97, X 2
Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 21, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 8, X 1
Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 35, X 5
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 15
Rereferred from Transportation and rereferred to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 14, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 898.