republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-642.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage; premium payments for certain service members."
description: "Department of Military Affairs; health care insurance premiums for members of Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. Provides that the Department of Military Affairs shall have the power to pay the employer portion of health care premiums for any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force when certain circumstances are met. The bill requires the Department to establish policies, procedures, and protocols to implement and record such payments and to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs all such payments made. This bill is identical to SB 719."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "Virginia HB 642 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/babe2784-67cd-497f-8492-7676a4787ad1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB642"
source_hash: "ea0ba33f22445a20eb67011ff1abdcaf1a9aec6e76dc1f76abfa60b4928e5c4d"
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 HB 642 (2022) — Health care coverage; premium payments for certain service members.

Department of Military Affairs; health care insurance premiums for members of Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. Provides that the Department of Military Affairs shall have the power to pay the employer portion of health care premiums for any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force when certain circumstances are met. The bill requires the Department to establish policies, procedures, and protocols to implement and record such payments and to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs all such payments made. This bill is identical to SB 719.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0372** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0372)
2. **HB642ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB642ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102459D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB642)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N) — **0–97** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102459D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB642)
- **2022-01-25** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-29** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-03-08** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
- **2022-03-10** Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-11** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB642ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 372 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/babe2784-67cd-497f-8492-7676a4787ad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).