republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-1031.md

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Bill	Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder, individual and small group markets, etc.	Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder under insurance policies, subscription contracts, or health care plans issued in the individual market or small group markets. The existing requirement that such coverage be provided for policies, contracts, or plans issued in the large group market is not affected. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to HB 1503.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 1031	Virginia SB 1031 (2020)	bill		enacted	George L. Barker	4	30	8	2020-01-17	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6a12de8a-426a-4842-9486-6ece4c4fbfd2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1031	eebe742d1f31017e981e8dacff48e273c11132caa78eeff8d10e4b74367e98d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1031 (2020) — Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder, individual and small group markets, etc.

Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder under insurance policies, subscription contracts, or health care plans issued in the individual market or small group markets. The existing requirement that such coverage be provided for policies, contracts, or plans issued in the large group market is not affected. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to HB 1503.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1031ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1031E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (SB1031) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (95-Y 1-N 1-A) — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• George L. Barker — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
• John S. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20102988D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from SCC (SB1031)
• 2020-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-11 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1031E
• 2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20102988D-E
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Impact statement from SCC (SB1031E)
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed House (95-Y 1-N 1-A) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from SCC (SB1031ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a12de8a-426a-4842-9486-6ece4c4fbfd2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).