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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.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383) (committee substitute) — source
- House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2719ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Presented and ordered printed 19104317D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 19104317D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (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).