---
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: "SB 1261"
citation: "Virginia SB 1261 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnavant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86945bc-b43f-4725-9c62-892060634b1e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1261"
source_hash: "00c37041e8e8eb7830696b75571b84f83261a9f6a0cea118e02f10e21152f6f6"
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 1261 (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. **CHAP0475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0475)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105922D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1261S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103745D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1261)
4. **SB1261ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1261ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunnavant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103745D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1261)
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105922D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1261S1)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Commerce and Labor Committee amendments rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105922D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1261S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **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 with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1261ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1261ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 475 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86945bc-b43f-4725-9c62-892060634b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).