---
type: "Bill"
title: "All-Payer Claims Database; Virginia Department of Health shall conduct an evaluation, report."
description: "Bureau of Insurance; evaluation of All-Payer Claims Database; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance (the Bureau) to conduct an evaluation of the All-Payer Claims Database and the data submitted thereto in facilitating data-driven, evidence-based improvements in access, quality, and cost of health care in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Bureau to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly no later than December 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 184"
citation: "Virginia HB 184 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e093a858-4b48-489e-bc1a-aea92478113b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB184"
source_hash: "95f1604050d3e77f2de1a124783f5ece15f30825ccfa778473bb28e7548ea740"
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 184 (2026) — All-Payer Claims Database; Virginia Department of Health shall conduct an evaluation, report.

Bureau of Insurance; evaluation of All-Payer Claims Database; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance (the Bureau) to conduct an evaluation of the All-Payer Claims Database and the data submitted thereto in facilitating data-driven, evidence-based improvements in access, quality, and cost of health care in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Bureau to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly no later than December 1, 2026.

## 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/1082766.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218699.PDF)
3. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191951.PDF)
4. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103452.PDF)
5. **Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098933.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203483.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104546D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-01-29** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Committee substitute printed 26106322D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-04** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB184)
- **2026-03-04** Committee substitute printed 26109051D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB184ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB184)
- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 575 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e093a858-4b48-489e-bc1a-aea92478113b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).