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| Bill | Bureau of Insurance of SCC; step therapy protocols for health benefit plans, report. | Bureau of Insurance; step therapy protocols; study; report. Directs the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study step therapy protocols for health benefit plans developed by insurance companies pursuant to existing law by conducting a data call of health carriers. The bill directs the Bureau to submit a summary and report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2258 | Virginia HB 2258 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2258 (2025) — Bureau of Insurance of SCC; step therapy protocols for health benefit plans, report.
Bureau of Insurance; step therapy protocols; study; report. Directs the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study step therapy protocols for health benefit plans developed by insurance companies pursuant to existing law by conducting a data call of health carriers. The bill directs the Bureau to submit a summary and report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N) — 88–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102253D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2258)
- 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 2025-01-30 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106438D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2258)
- 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 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 (HB2258ER)
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 - 2025-03-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2258)
- 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 256 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bec09786-6d76-46b3-a97f-1057a6f8d6b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).