---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; electronic prior authorization and disclosure of certain information."
description: "Health insurance; electronic prior authorization and disclosure of certain information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "Virginia HB 1471 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fowler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-30"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50bd5ddf-065d-4a32-b83f-6ee06bf7f58f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1471"
source_hash: "387ac8712f44fbfddfdc986531330daf50760c7fe575efeb4f9e514c4195dff9"
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 1471 (2023) — Health insurance; electronic prior authorization and disclosure of certain information.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0474)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104853D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1471H1)
3. **HB1471EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1471EH1)
4. **HB1471ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1471ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101242D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1471)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fowler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101242D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1471)
- **2023-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23104853D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1471H1)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23104853D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Amendment by Delegate Fowler agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1471EH1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23104853D-EH1
- **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)
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1471EH1)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-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 by temporarily
- **2023-02-16** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-16** Committee amendments #1 and #2 agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee amendment #3 rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1471ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1471ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50bd5ddf-065d-4a32-b83f-6ee06bf7f58f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).