The commonwealth of Virginia's Senate General Laws Committee defeated a bill that would have allowed local municipalities to bill insurers for emergency services at crash sights.
The bill, SB 881, would have allowed volunteer fire and emergency services departments responding to emergency automobile accidents.
Under the bill, often referred to as a crash tax, insurers would have been required to offer coverage as part of their auto policies. Mandated coverage would have been no less than $250. The amount billed by the municipality would not have exceeded the coverage.
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