republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-15.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private family leave insurance; definition, establishes as a class of insurance."
description: "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 HB 1156."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Virginia SB 15 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/616c7e70-43a1-4f31-ba54-6689467a1a53"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB15"
source_hash: "e71217bbc03e88ea4efed6a62cbf99e7b4f2d9eee84449e74cd5985ed9889932"
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 SB 15 (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 HB 1156.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0131)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22103667D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB15S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100300D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB15)
4. **SB15ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB15ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100300D `introduction`
- **2021-12-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned C&L sub: Labor and Employment `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from SCC (SB15)
- **2022-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute printed 22103667D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 22103667D-S1
- **2022-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB15S1
- **2022-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (SB15S1)
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from SCC (SB15ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **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 131 (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/616c7e70-43a1-4f31-ba54-6689467a1a53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).