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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan."
description: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1397"
citation: "Virginia SB 1397 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b0c54b6-a730-4b6b-bea6-604b8819ae78"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1397"
source_hash: "a7ca9d93136027cc5715aa69af1fa24eb314ce5953678361785795006c7aafd8"
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 1397 (2023) — Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0699** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0699)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105819D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1397S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106824D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1397H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103371D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1397)
5. **SB1397ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1397ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Surovell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103371D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from SCC (SB1397)
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105819D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105819D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1397S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from SCC (SB1397S1)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106824D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106824D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1397H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from SCC (SB1397H1)
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106824D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1397ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1397ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b0c54b6-a730-4b6b-bea6-604b8819ae78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).