--- type: "Bill" title: "Health insurance; small employers." description: "Revises the definition of \"small employer\" for purposes of group health insurance policies to provide that an individual who performs any service for remuneration under a contract of hire for (i) a corporation in which he is a shareholder or an immediate family member of a shareholder or (ii) a limited liability company in which he is a member, regardless of the number of members of the limited liability company, shall be deemed to be an employee of the corporation or the limited liability company. The measure provides that a health insurance issuer shall not be required to issue more than one group health plan for each employer identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service for a business entity, without regard to the number of shareholders or members of such business entity. This bill is identical to" jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2019" identifier: "HB 2719" citation: "Virginia HB 2719 (2019)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"] version_count: 5 action_count: 17 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2019-01-15" last_action: "2019-03-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e34a3436-9f64-43d0-8d50-d5037c5af5b5" source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2719" source_hash: "3d67ec5fc91f3303edde10ab9d7d40c96666c4515c35c0af1c0bbe3987a0e28a" 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 2719 (2019) — Health insurance; small employers. Revises the definition of "small employer" for purposes of group health insurance policies to provide that an individual who performs any service for remuneration under a contract of hire for (i) a corporation in which he is a shareholder or an immediate family member of a shareholder or (ii) a limited liability company in which he is a member, regardless of the number of members of the limited liability company, shall be deemed to be an employee of the corporation or the limited liability company. The measure provides that a health insurance issuer shall not be required to issue more than one group health plan for each employer identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service for a business entity, without regard to the number of shareholders or members of such business entity. This bill is identical to ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0383) 2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2719AH) 3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2719ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2719ER) 4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104317D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2719) 5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19104317D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2719E) ## Votes - Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Todd E. Pillion — primary (person) - Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person) - Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person) - Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person) - Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person) - Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person) - R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person) - Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person) - T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person) - Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 19104317D `introduction` - **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee` - **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1` - **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2` - **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to - **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2719E - **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19104317D-E - **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3` - **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed - **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee` - **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3` - **2019-02-19** Enrolled - **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker - **2019-02-20** Signed by President - **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019 - **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 - **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e34a3436-9f64-43d0-8d50-d5037c5af5b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).