republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-595.md

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Bill	Insurance; conducting business by electronic means.	Insurance; conducting business by electronicmeans. Authorizes a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan, including a dental or vision benefit plan, to agree on behalf of a party enrolled in the sponsored health benefit plan to conduct business by electronic means, provided that the plan sponsor, prior to agreeing on behalf of the party, has confirmed that the party routinely uses electronic communications during the normal course of employment and has provided notice to the party regarding the ability to opt out of using electronic means at any time.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 595	Virginia HB 595 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	5	36	7	2024-01-09	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/31425d7a-17ff-452c-91b9-295d2f7ca245	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB595	36e89da7ad27251ab25a5016bd22b5bd0364c71bc53c19ac35e1f8045d0280e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 595 (2024) — Insurance; conducting business by electronic means.

Insurance; conducting business by electronicmeans. Authorizes a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan, including a dental or vision benefit plan, to agree on behalf of a party enrolled in the sponsored health benefit plan to conduct business by electronic means, provided that the plan sponsor, prior to agreeing on behalf of the party, has confirmed that the party routinely uses electronic communications during the normal course of employment and has provided notice to the party regarding the ability to opt out of using electronic means at any time.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0197 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107981D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB595ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102971D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 24102971D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102971D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB595E
• 2024-01-30 Printed as engrossed 24102971D-E
• 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB595E)
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Committee substitute printed 24107981D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB595S1)
• 2024-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 24107981D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-22 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB595S1 substitution
• 2024-02-22 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107981D-S1 (96-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB595ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB595ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31425d7a-17ff-452c-91b9-295d2f7ca245. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).