republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1141.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health benefit plans; renewal of plans, special exception."
description: "Health benefit plans; special exception. Repeals a provision of the Code of Virginia authorizing health carriers to sell, issue, or offer for sale any health benefit plan that would otherwise not be permitted to be sold, issued, or offered for sale due to conflict with the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to the extent that the(a) the appropriate federal authority has suspended enforcement of provisions of the PPACA or (b) the requirements of the PPACA are amended by any federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1141"
citation: "Virginia HB 1141 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d59f55c-7c0b-43b4-88af-e980f129b560"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1141"
source_hash: "d2724211e72c7f2f632cd7011007870a77ddee5423e76afa78ac49c9ae18de98"
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 HB 1141 (2020) — Health benefit plans; renewal of plans, special exception.

Health benefit plans; special exception. Repeals a provision of the Code of Virginia authorizing health carriers to sell, issue, or offer for sale any health benefit plan that would otherwise not be permitted to be sold, issued, or offered for sale due to conflict with the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to the extent that the(a) the appropriate federal authority has suspended enforcement of provisions of the PPACA or (b) the requirements of the PPACA are amended by any federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0842)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1141ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1141ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1141H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1141H1)
4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB1141)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1141)
5. **Impact statement from SCC (HB1141S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1141S1)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (11-Y 8-N) — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N) — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 37-N) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100778D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from SCC (HB1141)
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-30** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20106904D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (11-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20106904D-H1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1141H1
- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from SCC (HB1141H1)
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (67-Y 32-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Committee substitute printed 20109388D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from SCC (HB1141S1)
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-03-05** Committee substitute agreed to 20109388D-S1
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1141S1
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109388D-S1 (61-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB1141ER)
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 842 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d59f55c-7c0b-43b4-88af-e980f129b560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).