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type: "Bill"
title: "Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Bureau of Insurance to select a new plan."
description: "Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Bureau of Insurance to select a new plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1399"
citation: "Virginia SB 1399 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ca062c6-1d40-478d-b1f8-37030d5c43b9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1399"
source_hash: "f527f8fa15cdd0c38c31eb078434cd6a09b9ee9d638852046900708ff419dbb9"
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 1399 (2023) — Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Bureau of Insurance to select a new plan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0272)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105818D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1399S1)
3. **SB1399** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1399)
4. **SB1399ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1399ER)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Surovell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from SCC (SB1399)
- **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 23105818D-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 23105818D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1399S1 `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 (SB1399S1)
- **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** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1399ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1399ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ca062c6-1d40-478d-b1f8-37030d5c43b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).