republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-404.md

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Bill	Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.	Health insurance; short-term limited-durationmedical plans. Prohibits carriers from issuing in the Commonwealthany short-term limited-duration medical plan with a duration that exceeds 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 issuing a 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 loss ratio for such plans is less than 85 percent.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 404	Virginia SB 404 (2020)	bill		enacted	Ghazala F. Hashmi	5	48	9	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e90d2ce2-b3ab-4f2f-aea2-17357bb191fe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB404	a16be11b0060c1ac84a20d62e65403fe3f7a5f2d22acda9bba883dc9070524f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 404 (2020) — Health insurance; short-term limited-duration medical plans, definitions, effective date.

Health insurance; short-term limited-durationmedical plans. Prohibits carriers from issuing in the Commonwealthany short-term limited-duration medical plan with a duration that exceeds 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 issuing a 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 loss ratio for such plans is less than 85 percent.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1077) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB404ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB404H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB404E (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from SCC (SB404) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (35-Y 2-N) — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N) — 53–43 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N) — 20–20 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102773D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from SCC (SB404)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2020-01-31 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-04 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-04 Amendments by Senator Barker agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB404E
• 2020-02-04 Printed as engrossed 20102773D-E
• 2020-02-05 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 Chair votes Yes
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (SB404E)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108547D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108547D-H1
• 2020-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB404H1
• 2020-02-21 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 43-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N)
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from SCC (SB404H1)
• 2020-02-25 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2020-02-26 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-02-26 House requested conference committee
• 2020-02-28 Senate acceded to request (35-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from SCC (SB404ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1077 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e90d2ce2-b3ab-4f2f-aea2-17357bb191fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).