---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan."
description: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2199"
citation: "Virginia HB 2199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30d85529-5993-41ae-8244-f87780290c21"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2199"
source_hash: "ef0357ec29a19140eb5338954250108628dbb7506bd89e9cdf43b68b3f3f614b"
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 2199 (2023) — Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0698)
2. **HB2199ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2199ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102586D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2199)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102586D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2199E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102586D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB2199)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB2199E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23102586D-E
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from SCC (HB2199E)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (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** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2199ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from SCC (HB2199ER)
- **2023-02-23** 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 698 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30d85529-5993-41ae-8244-f87780290c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).