Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
4.8 KiB
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
| 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; 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 | SB 626 | Virginia SB 626 (2026) |
|
enacted |
|
3 | 27 | 5 | 2026-01-14 | 2026-04-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/0beee164-e64b-411a-9175-4054c81897c8 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB626 | 5411dd6ca318237136bd7e2298073f5d9595e8eab8478ab9d6dec7f295b7a4ee | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Virginia SB 626 (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
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104533D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB626)
- 2026-01-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-28 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-29 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB626ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB626)
- 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 188 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0beee164-e64b-411a-9175-4054c81897c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).