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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; tobacco surcharge."
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description: "Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 220"
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citation: "Virginia HB 220 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5e58dc-a1a8-42b4-9307-73963a4b8080"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB220"
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source_hash: "a51677d43ddf78a8e0c8af07ed6107a71a436c434022cc2a5b655aa8786b0b35"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 220 (2026) — Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
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Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083145.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214927.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186999.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **81–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101268D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed House (81-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB220)
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-03** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB220ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB220)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5e58dc-a1a8-42b4-9307-73963a4b8080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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