---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance program for local government employees; transit companies."
description: "Health insurance program for local governmentemployees; transit companies. Adds employees of a transit companyto the definition of \"employees of local governments\" for the purposesof the Commonwealth's health insurance program for local governmentemployees. The bill defines \"transit company\" as a public servicecorporation wholly owned by a locality, or combination of localities,that provides public transportation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1106"
citation: "Virginia HB 1106 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sally L. Hudson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87cefe5c-0cd1-44cd-b6e2-5a8093fd1a24"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1106"
source_hash: "6678d88e9f85aa7f49050286e6912ed51db9234a68ec7c63593f5a2cb047265c"
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 1106 (2020) — Health insurance program for local government employees; transit companies.

Health insurance program for local governmentemployees; transit companies. Adds employees of a transit companyto the definition of "employees of local governments" for the purposesof the Commonwealth's health insurance program for local governmentemployees. The bill defines "transit company" as a public servicecorporation wholly owned by a locality, or combination of localities,that provides public transportation services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0555)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1106ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1106ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1106E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1106E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1106)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1106)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (14-Y 5-N) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 15-N) — **84–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sally L. Hudson — primary (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101507D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1106)
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws (14-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB1106E
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20101507D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 15-N)
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1106E)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1106ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87cefe5c-0cd1-44cd-b6e2-5a8093fd1a24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).