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Bill	Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.	Health insurance; short-term limited-durationmedical plans. Prohibits carriers from issuing in the Commonwealthany short-term limited-duration medical plan with a duration thatexceeds three months or that can be renewed or extended, or if theplan's issuance would result in a covered person being covered bya short-term limited-duration medical plan for more than three monthsin any 12-month period. The measure prohibits a carrier from issuinga short-term limited-duration medical plan during an annual openenrollment period. The measure also requires carriers to rebate premiumsfrom short-term limited-duration medical plans when the medical lossratio for such plans is less than 85 percent.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1037	Virginia HB 1037 (2020)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	5	46	10	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/62881609-0599-4a00-8a44-46b4b53b3fc3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1037	7ff30142fde0c36336ed672675007ef4c3f27332688f661cab46b16787a7bd39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1037 (2020) — Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.

Health insurance; short-term limited-durationmedical plans. Prohibits carriers from issuing in the Commonwealthany short-term limited-duration medical plan with a duration thatexceeds three months or that can be renewed or extended, or if theplan's issuance would result in a covered person being covered bya short-term limited-duration medical plan for more than three monthsin any 12-month period. The measure prohibits a carrier from issuinga short-term limited-duration medical plan during an annual openenrollment period. The measure also requires carriers to rebate premiumsfrom short-term limited-duration medical plans when the medical lossratio for such plans is less than 85 percent.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1076) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1037ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1037H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (HB1037) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from SCC (HB1037S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N) — 1–93 (fail) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 43-N) — 50–43 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N) — 56–43 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102769D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from SCC (HB1037)
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107200D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107200D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1037H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (57-Y 43-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (HB1037H1)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-17 Committee substitute printed 20108499D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from SCC (HB1037S1)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108499D-S1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1037S1
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108499D-S1 (1-Y 94-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from SCC (HB1037ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1076 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62881609-0599-4a00-8a44-46b4b53b3fc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).