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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder, individual and small group markets, etc."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1031"
citation: "Virginia SB 1031 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a12de8a-426a-4842-9486-6ece4c4fbfd2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1031"
source_hash: "eebe742d1f31017e981e8dacff48e273c11132caa78eeff8d10e4b74367e98d5"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0305)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1031ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1031ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1031E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1031E)
4. **Impact statement from SCC (SB1031)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1031)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a12de8a-426a-4842-9486-6ece4c4fbfd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).