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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.

  1. CHAP0101 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1896ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. 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) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N) — 122 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 5445 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 2217 (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).