republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1529.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Commissioner; information sharing, eligibility for medical assistance."
description: "Tax Commissioner; information sharing; eligibility for medical assistance. Authorizes the Tax Commissioner to provide to the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange information voluntarily provided by taxpayers for the purposes of identifying persons who meet the income eligibility requirements for medical assistance and would like to newly enroll in medical assistance. The bill authorizes the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to divulge to the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Social Services, upon entering into a written agreement, such information to facilitate such enrollments and applications, as applicable. The bill contains technical amendments and is effective for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1529"
citation: "Virginia HB 1529 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett McGuire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba1a523-1021-43b1-9da8-3119b5c895a3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1529"
source_hash: "a4cd65e2b37e02ddcbae8cddb88a5b4f3382b9496edda8b971690f13f8391639"
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 HB 1529 (2026) — Tax Commissioner; information sharing, eligibility for medical assistance.

Tax Commissioner; information sharing; eligibility for medical assistance. Authorizes the Tax Commissioner to provide to the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange information voluntarily provided by taxpayers for the purposes of identifying persons who meet the income eligibility requirements for medical assistance and would like to newly enroll in medical assistance. The bill authorizes the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to divulge to the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Social Services, upon entering into a written agreement, such information to facilitate such enrollments and applications, as applicable. The bill contains technical amendments and is effective for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105046.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218162.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212575.PDF)

## Votes

- Rereferred from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrett McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** Presented and ordered printed 26105947D `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1529)
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Rereferred from Education and Health to Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1529ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1529)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba1a523-1021-43b1-9da8-3119b5c895a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).