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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.	Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits. Authorizes a qualified health plan offered on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to provide state-mandated health benefits that are not provided in the essential health benefits package. Under current law, qualified health plans are prohibited from providing such state-mandated health benefits. This bill is identical to HB 431.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 449	Virginia SB 449 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jennifer B. Boysko	4	42	12	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6696fcef-5ad8-4904-b755-b5b83af96704	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB449	1314a6a5b8c8e3b6f5ae75af7aebbbf6d5aea2eaf799c80954d7686ff01ddfa6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 449 (2022) — Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.

Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits. Authorizes a qualified health plan offered on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to provide state-mandated health benefits that are not provided in the essential health benefits package. Under current law, qualified health plans are prohibited from providing such state-mandated health benefits. This bill is identical to HB 431.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0556 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22107055D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103081D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB449ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — 15–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103081D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Impact statement from SCC (SB449)
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 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
• 2022-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22107055D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-25 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 Impact statement from SCC (SB449H1)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22107055D-H1
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB449H1
• 2022-03-07 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
• 2022-03-09 House insisted on substitute
• 2022-03-10 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-12 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 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-03-24 Impact statement from SCC (SB449ER)
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6696fcef-5ad8-4904-b755-b5b83af96704. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).