republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-424.md

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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	Health insurance; definitions, prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals.	Health insurance; prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from prohibiting an in-network provider, as defined in the bill, from referring any enrollee or specimen to any in-network clinical laboratory or in-network pathology service provider under the terms of such insurance unless such referral would constitute a violation of certain laws. This bill is identical to SB 745.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 424	Virginia HB 424 (2026)	bill		enacted	Destiny LeVere Bolling	5	34	8	2026-01-12	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/abdef0fb-cc32-4ae9-b940-9fa8ddf6d9cf	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB424	0af12adb28031e17804c62ebc7eb18d8b402128a4cb99a5c34a6870c262b35c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 424 (2026) — Health insurance; definitions, prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals.

Health insurance; prohibited restrictions on in-network referrals. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from prohibiting an in-network provider, as defined in the bill, from referring any enrollee or specimen to any in-network clinical laboratory or in-network pathology service provider under the terms of such insurance unless such referral would constitute a violation of certain laws. This bill is identical to SB 745.

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. Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102329D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-01-29 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Committee substitute printed 26106236D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-29 Substitute bill reprinted 26106236D
• 2026-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-03 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-02-04 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB424)
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB424ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 138 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)
• 2026-04-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB424)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abdef0fb-cc32-4ae9-b940-9fa8ddf6d9cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).