---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate."
description: "Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 927"
citation: "Virginia SB 927 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3202a1f4-cd6a-405f-977c-b07563caa20d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB927"
source_hash: "4f118602fe0e6127f88bcf13d3beb200aaead717be8605d3aa99bd489ddcd983"
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 927 (2023) — Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0691)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105838D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB927S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102139D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB927)
4. **SB927ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB927ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102139D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-22** Impact statement from SCC (SB927)
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105838D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105838D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB927S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from SCC (SB927S1)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB927ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from SCC (SB927ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3202a1f4-cd6a-405f-977c-b07563caa20d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).