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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1037"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1037 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62881609-0599-4a00-8a44-46b4b53b3fc3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1037"
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source_hash: "7ff30142fde0c36336ed672675007ef4c3f27332688f661cab46b16787a7bd39"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1037 (2020) — Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1076)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1076)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1037ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1037ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1037H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1037H1)
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4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB1037)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1037)
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5. **Impact statement from SCC (HB1037S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1037S1)
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## Votes
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- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N) — **1–93** (fail) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 43-N) — **50–43** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N) — **56–43** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102769D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB1037)
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- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107200D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20107200D-H1
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- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1037H1
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- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (57-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (HB1037H1)
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-17** Committee substitute printed 20108499D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-21** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB1037S1)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20108499D-S1
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1037S1
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute rejected by House 20108499D-S1 (1-Y 94-N)
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2020-03-02** House acceded to request
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- **2020-03-02** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-03** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from SCC (HB1037ER)
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1076 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62881609-0599-4a00-8a44-46b4b53b3fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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