---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits."
description: "Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits. Authorizes a qualified health plan offered on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to provide state-mandated health benefits that are not provided in the essential health benefits package. Under current law, qualified health plans are prohibited from providing such state-mandated health benefits. This bill is identical to HB 431."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "Virginia SB 449 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6696fcef-5ad8-4904-b755-b5b83af96704"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB449"
source_hash: "1314a6a5b8c8e3b6f5ae75af7aebbbf6d5aea2eaf799c80954d7686ff01ddfa6"
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 449 (2022) — Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.

Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits. Authorizes a qualified health plan offered on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to provide state-mandated health benefits that are not provided in the essential health benefits package. Under current law, qualified health plans are prohibited from providing such state-mandated health benefits. This bill is identical to HB 431.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0556** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0556)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107055D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB449H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103081D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB449)
4. **SB449ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB449ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — **0–38** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — **15–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103081D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from SCC (SB449)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Committee substitute printed 22107055D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from SCC (SB449H1)
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22107055D-H1
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB449H1
- **2022-03-07** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
- **2022-03-09** House insisted on substitute
- **2022-03-10** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-12** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-24** Impact statement from SCC (SB449ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6696fcef-5ad8-4904-b755-b5b83af96704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).