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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	Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period.	Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; special enrollment period for pregnancy. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to establish by January 1, 2026, a special enrollment period for a pregnant qualified individual to enroll in a qualified health plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2083	Virginia HB 2083 (2025)	bill		enacted	Irene Shin	4	30	6	2025-01-07	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/578a35ab-dde6-4189-a449-a2a8532138a6	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2083	1f2659ccd407f79f0c9c2b0f25d84f36f00b08b4de9a8c9f36c82ac230146a72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2083 (2025) — Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period.

Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; special enrollment period for pregnancy. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to establish by January 1, 2026, a special enrollment period for a pregnant qualified individual to enroll in a qualified health plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Irene Shin — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104586D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2083)
• 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105521D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-28 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2083)
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2083ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2083)
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 528 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/578a35ab-dde6-4189-a449-a2a8532138a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).