republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1156.md

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Bill	Private family leave insurance; definition, establishes as a class of insurance.	Private family leave insurance. Establishes family leave insurance as a class of insurance. The bill defines "family leave insurance" as an insurance policy issued to an employer related to a benefit program provided to an employee to pay for the employee's income loss due to (i) the birth of a child or adoption of a child by the employee; (ii) placement of a child with the employee for foster care; (iii) care of a family member of the employee who has a serious health condition; or (iv) circumstances arising out of the fact that the employee's family member who is a service member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty. Under the bill, family leave insurance may be written as an amendment or rider to a group disability income policy, included in a group disability income policy, or written as a separate group insurance policy purchased by an employer. The bill prohibits delivery or issue for delivery of a family leave insurance policy unless a copy of the form and the rate manual showing rates, rules, and classification of risks have been filed with the State Corporation Commission. The bill prohibits an individual certificate and enrollment form from being used in connection with a group family leave insurance policy unless the form for the certificate and enrollment form have been filed with the Commission. The bill provides that "life and annuities insurance agent" means an agent licensed in the Commonwealth to sell, solicit, or negotiate, among other types of insurance, family leave insurance on behalf of insurers licensed in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 15.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1156	Virginia HB 1156 (2022)	bill		enacted	Kathy J. Byron	4	33	7	2022-01-14	2022-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/de6801f6-e6fa-4441-a335-8d44b29eb833	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1156	684f388289df5490c8dd89589f42d212322b6cf341a5853fe2bf0f1c4527fdbe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1156 (2022) — Private family leave insurance; definition, establishes as a class of insurance.

Private family leave insurance. Establishes family leave insurance as a class of insurance. The bill defines "family leave insurance" as an insurance policy issued to an employer related to a benefit program provided to an employee to pay for the employee's income loss due to (i) the birth of a child or adoption of a child by the employee; (ii) placement of a child with the employee for foster care; (iii) care of a family member of the employee who has a serious health condition; or (iv) circumstances arising out of the fact that the employee's family member who is a service member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty. Under the bill, family leave insurance may be written as an amendment or rider to a group disability income policy, included in a group disability income policy, or written as a separate group insurance policy purchased by an employer. The bill prohibits delivery or issue for delivery of a family leave insurance policy unless a copy of the form and the rate manual showing rates, rules, and classification of risks have been filed with the State Corporation Commission. The bill prohibits an individual certificate and enrollment form from being used in connection with a group family leave insurance policy unless the form for the certificate and enrollment form have been filed with the Commission. The bill provides that "life and annuities insurance agent" means an agent licensed in the Commonwealth to sell, solicit, or negotiate, among other types of insurance, family leave insurance on behalf of insurers licensed in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 15.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0132 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1156ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 22103914D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22103914D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 22103914D introduction
• 2022-01-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Impact statement from SCC (HB1156)
• 2022-01-31 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-03 Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-08 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-08 Engrossed by House as amended HB1156E
• 2022-02-08 Printed as engrossed 22103914D-E
• 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (HB1156E)
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Reading of amendments waived
• 2022-02-24 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-02-24 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-28 Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Enrolled
• 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-03 Signed by President
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from SCC (HB1156ER)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de6801f6-e6fa-4441-a335-8d44b29eb833. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).