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| Bill | Health insurance; reporting requirements. | Health insurance; reporting requirements. Amends various reporting requirements related to health insurance, including by requiring the State Corporation Commission to maintain and publicly post an inventory of mandated benefits and providers, requiring health carriers to report annually on provider terminations and reinstatements, and consolidating reports related to balance billing and arbitration. The bill repeals reporting requirements related to the Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program and Virginia Health Savings Account Plan. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 618 | Virginia HB 618 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 618 (2026) — Health insurance; reporting requirements.
Health insurance; reporting requirements. Amends various reporting requirements related to health insurance, including by requiring the State Corporation Commission to maintain and publicly post an inventory of mandated benefits and providers, requiring health carriers to report annually on provider terminations and reinstatements, and consolidating reports related to balance billing and arbitration. The bill repeals reporting requirements related to the Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program and Virginia Health Savings Account Plan.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 92–1 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 21–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Irene Shin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103575D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB618)
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-10 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-03 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-03 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB618ER)
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB618)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf89418c-6ce9-415e-b8d0-b09cafce5bec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).