republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-34.md

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Bill	Contract actions; collection of medical debt, definition.	Contract actions; medical debt. Provides that in any action, including those brought by the Commonwealth, upon any contract to collect medical debt, as defined in the bill, such an action is barred if not commenced within three years from the due date applicable to the first invoice for a health care service unless the contract with a hospital or health care provider is for a payment plan that allows for a longer period of time for the collection of debt by the hospital or health care provider. The bill specifies that such limitation shall not apply to medical debt arising from services provided by programs administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 34	Virginia HB 34 (2024)	bill		enacted	Nadarius E. Clark	5	52	10	2023-12-18	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/3c5f0601-3147-4adf-89c7-40b3fe0a7cd8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB34	0504f9320964cc28947e7c2ea950deb9624ad2b39ec1557a1bb000a4295af134	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 34 (2024) — Contract actions; collection of medical debt, definition.

Contract actions; medical debt. Provides that in any action, including those brought by the Commonwealth, upon any contract to collect medical debt, as defined in the bill, such an action is barred if not commenced within three years from the due date applicable to the first invoice for a health care service unless the contract with a hospital or health care provider is for a payment plan that allows for a longer period of time for the collection of debt by the hospital or health care provider. The bill specifies that such limitation shall not apply to medical debt arising from services provided by programs administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0800 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24104549D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB34ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB34ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101239D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N) — 48–46 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N) — 51–48 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) — 50–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nadarius E. Clark — primary (person)
• Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101239D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2024-01-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-19 Committee substitute printed 24104549D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 24104549D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB34H1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-26 Read third time and passed House (49-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-26 VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N) passage
• 2024-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-29 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-14 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-05 Courts of Justice Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-05 Finance and Appropriations Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with amendments (26-Y 14-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Senate amendments agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB34ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 48-N)
• 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB34ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 800 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0800)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c5f0601-3147-4adf-89c7-40b3fe0a7cd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).