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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions."
description: "Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to SB 349."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1385"
citation: "Virginia HB 1385 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b92838-bdc0-438f-9ec3-bd6dc2567351"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1385"
source_hash: "55571ca84e6430eff12df2188e97d26f5de5efeb01cae69bacd9641821e93ff0"
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 1385 (2020) — Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions.
Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to SB 349.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0424)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1385ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1385ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1385E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1385E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB1385)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1385)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102477D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB1385)
- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB1385E
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20102477D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 424 (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/89b92838-bdc0-438f-9ec3-bd6dc2567351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).