---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; tobacco surcharge."
description: "Health insurance; tobacco surcharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1375"
citation: "Virginia HB 1375 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenhalgh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-10-17"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc8e7c16-b37c-4a8c-9174-e260ea7ddf2d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1375"
source_hash: "eed3ba30fdc9808edc5ad7637c9222f81c3803a5220de48591daaaa52a1898d9"
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 HB 1375 (2023) — Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0682** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0682)
2. **HB1375ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1375ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100197D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1375)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23100197D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1375E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greenhalgh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100197D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-10-17** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-15** Impact statement from SCC (HB1375)
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB1375E
- **2023-01-24** Printed as engrossed 23100197D-E
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from SCC (HB1375E)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1375ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1375ER)
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc8e7c16-b37c-4a8c-9174-e260ea7ddf2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).