---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors."
description: "Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1003"
citation: "Virginia SB 1003 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSteph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fca12f2-0d3d-4364-83c5-2072d8bdc6db"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1003"
source_hash: "06508b6e8a4f850c9fdb7527d1dfb73bde69f16cea140e975bea8ae17cafbe8c"
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 SB 1003 (2023) — Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0473)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101628D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1003)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23101628D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1003E)
4. **SB1003ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1003ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101628D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1003E
- **2023-02-02** Printed as engrossed 23101628D-E
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1003E)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1003ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1003ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 473 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fca12f2-0d3d-4364-83c5-2072d8bdc6db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).