---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance agents; definitions, private family leave insurance."
description: "Insurance agents; definitions, private family leave insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1886"
citation: "Virginia HB 1886 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e225e19-72b0-446f-b8c4-6c9baa929124"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1886"
source_hash: "7b127615dad1496b31febc1cdab5c0732701af7dee6f8fe3f334d49c5ff2628f"
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 1886 (2023) — Insurance agents; definitions, private family leave insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0338** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0338)
2. **HB1886ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1886ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102339D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1886)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102339D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from SCC (HB1886)
- **2023-01-17** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-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 Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1886ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB1886ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 338 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e225e19-72b0-446f-b8c4-6c9baa929124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).