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Bill Health insurance; small employers. Revises the definition of "small employer" for purposes of group health insurance policies to provide that an individual who performs any service for remuneration under a contract of hire for (i) a corporation in which he is a shareholder or an immediate family member of a shareholder or (ii) a limited liability company in which he is a member, regardless of the number of members of the limited liability company, shall be deemed to be an employee of the corporation or the limited liability company. The measure provides that a health insurance issuer shall not be required to issue more than one group health plan for each employer identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service for a business entity, without regard to the number of shareholders or members of such business entity. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2719 Virginia HB 2719 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2719 (2019) — Health insurance; small employers.

Revises the definition of "small employer" for purposes of group health insurance policies to provide that an individual who performs any service for remuneration under a contract of hire for (i) a corporation in which he is a shareholder or an immediate family member of a shareholder or (ii) a limited liability company in which he is a member, regardless of the number of members of the limited liability company, shall be deemed to be an employee of the corporation or the limited liability company. The measure provides that a health insurance issuer shall not be required to issue more than one group health plan for each employer identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service for a business entity, without regard to the number of shareholders or members of such business entity. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2719ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104317D (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Printed as engrossed 19104317D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
  • Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
  • Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
  • Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
  • Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 19104317D introduction
  • 2019-01-15 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2719E
  • 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19104317D-E
  • 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
  • 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e34a3436-9f64-43d0-8d50-d5037c5af5b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).