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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health insurance; definitions, prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals."
+description: "Health insurance; prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from prohibiting an in-network provider, as defined in the bill, from referring any enrollee or specimen to any in-network clinical laboratory or in-network pathology service provider under the terms of such insurance unless such referral would constitute a violation of certain laws. This bill is identical to HB 424."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 745"
+citation: "Virginia SB 745 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kannan Srinivasan"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2026-01-19"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5acfcd82-fdf5-4429-9b8c-65ec1244102f"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB745"
+source_hash: "ad78177119b4255d5661dec4259b61e00ae46e04683b57d5cacbc80ce9f8356c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 745 (2026) — Health insurance; definitions, prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals.
+
+Health insurance; prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from prohibiting an in-network provider, as defined in the bill, from referring any enrollee or specimen to any in-network clinical laboratory or in-network pathology service provider under the terms of such insurance unless such referral would constitute a violation of certain laws. This bill is identical to HB 424.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092262.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216629.PDF)
+3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097445.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179223.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26105075D `introduction`
+- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-26** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-01-26** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-01-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-27** Committee substitute printed 26106219D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-09** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day
+- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-10** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
+- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB745ER) `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB745)
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5acfcd82-fdf5-4429-9b8c-65ec1244102f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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