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| Bill | Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. | Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortionsin any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered forsale through a health benefits exchange established or operatingin Virginia. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1896 | Virginia HB 1896 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1896 (2021) — Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortionsin any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered forsale through a health benefits exchange established or operatingin Virginia.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0101 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1896ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101445D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sally L. Hudson — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101445D
introduction - 2021-01-08 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Impact statement from SCC (HB1896)
- 2021-01-21 Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-26 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-23 Impact statement from SCC (HB1896ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 101 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84c69b36-2d84-483e-bf8b-0d15e4bc100b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).